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T. B. MARSHALL, First Sergeant To. K. 



HISTORY 



OF THE 



Eighty-Third 
Ohio Volunteer Infantry 

The Greyhound Regiment 



First Sergeant. Co. K. 



tT B. MARSHALL, Sidney, O. 



PUBLISHED BY 

THE EIGHTY-THIRD OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY ASSOCIATION 

WM. H. DAVIS, Secretary 
No. 19 FOSDICK BUILDING, CINCINNATI. O. 

SEPTEMBER 12, 1912. 






COPYRIGHT 

September 13, 1913 

By 

THE EIGHTY-THIRD OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY ASSOCIATION 



GIBSON A. PEBIN CO.— PRINT 
CINCINNATI 



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PREFACE 



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Fifty years have passed since the Eighty-Third regiment, Ohio 
Volunteer Infantry, was organized. Fifty years have passed since 
^ those one thousand men entered the service of their Country and 
marched with deadly weapons to meet other thousands equally armed. 
Why? It seems no more than right and proper that some words 
should be said in answer to this query. Was the reason a good one, 
why these should leave their occupations of production and enter 
on one of destruction? Let a few comparisons be made the better 
to understand this reason. 

About twenty-five centuries ago, when Greece was at the height 
of her glory, travelers had carried the knowledge of her attainments 
in the arts, sciences, and especially literature, into all the then known 
world. Xerxes, the Persian king, no doubt had heard so much about 
Grecian superiority that he resented it and at last said "he would 
buy no more figs of Greece but would go over and take the country 
and have figs of his own." The attempt was made and, from his 
temporary throne on the mountain side, he watched the struggle 
at Thermopylae and chafed at his inability to overcome the resolute 
bravery of the Greeks. He finally broke through, but the morale 
of the Persian forces was broken while Sparta gave the world an object 
lesson that has been a patriotic stimulus to all ages. 

Four different times did this lower civilization of Persia attempt 
to destroy the higher civilization of Greece and always failed. Had 
Persia succeeded, Europe would have been invaded, the effete manners 
and customs of Persia been planted, and the civilization that we 
know would have been delayed a thousand years. 

Again, in the sixteenth century the sword of Mahomet with its 
blighting influences was dominating the shores of the Mediterranean 
Sea and the higher Christian civilization was put in great jeopardy. 
Every effort that had been made to check disasters had failed. At 
last, in sheer desperation, the combined fleets of Spain, Italy and 
Venice sought the Turkish fleet, determined either to destroy it or 
be destroyed. The battle was fought in the placid Bay of Lepanto, 
and when night came the small remnant of the Turkish fleet escaped 
in the darkness. The maratime power of Turkey was broken and 
remains so to this day. Christian civilization held its place and no 
longer feared the evil influences of Mohammedanism. These two 
examples of conflicts between two different types of Civilization 

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are sufficient to make plain the comparison above spoken of, and we 
come down to our own time in the sixties. 

It is no new thing to say that north of the Ohio river the people 
had free schools, free speech, a free press which made education 
universal, and education is the parent of free speech. 

The maintenance of life brought to many people the absolute 
necessity of labor, and to this no stigma was attached; no one lost 
his self respect by it. 

South of the Ohio river all these cpnditions were reversed. There 
were no free schools, no free press, and the right of free speech could 
only be indulged in at the cost of life. A race with "no rights that 
a white man was bound to respect," was held in slavery, bought and 
sold Uke cattle. To labor, therefore, was to be placed on the same 
level with the slave. Such a state of alTairs could have but one result. 
The sixties thus found our Country dominated by these two different 
types of civilization, a higher and a lower. From the beginning, the 
lower had been directing the policies of the country, but as the years 
passed it became more and more evident that these two types could 
not exist side by side and in the same government, and it would be 
only a question of time when there would be a strife for the mastery. 
The guns of Sumter ushered in the conflict, and for four years or more, 
life and property were resolutely thrown into the maelstrom of 
internecine war. 

As it was at Thermopylae, Marathon and Lepanto, the wheels 
of time moved forward at Appomattox and humanity stepped to a 
higher plane. The war was settled not on a commercial basis but 
on an ethical one. We not only wiped out our National stain, but, 
at the same time, showed to the world our existence as a Nation with 
a brighter outlook for the toiling millions than ever before. It is 
true that the Eighty-Third Ohio was but one of many units, but 
one of the many pawns on this huge chessboard of fate. 

It would not be correct to say that this regiment was better or 
braver than others, but it can be said and said truly that the regi- 
ment was never called on for any duty that it was not ready to per- 
form, nor placed in any position of danger from which it ever flinched. 

Fifty years have now passed since we answered to the first call 
and as our minds revert to those years of strife and hardship, we 
are filled with pride to know that we were a part of a great movement 
which resulted so grandly for our country and for humanity. 

This volume is a memorial of those days and is written in grateful 
memory of those whose lives went out that the great principles of 
liberty and union might be thoroughly and permanently settled. 

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p. R. FC)RTXi:\', rresident 
Eighty-third Regiment Oliio X'ohinteer Infantry Associaton. 



History of the Eighty-Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 



INTRODUCTION 

On the 50th anniversary of our regiment being mustered into the 
U. S. service as an organization, the meeting of the Eighty-Third 
Ohio Volunteer Infantry Association was held in Cincinnati at which 
P. R. Fortney was elected President and Wm. H. Davis was con- 
tinued as Secretary-Treasurer. 

It had for a long time been designed to have a history of the regi- 
ment, and the new President was directed to select a committee of 
one from each company as said committee to have the history com- 
piled. In due time he announced the names as follows: 

Franklin Hildreth Co. A 

Geo. E. Harvey Co. B 

Thos. G. Robinson Co. C 

Wm. C. Carter Co. D 

Frank McGregor Co. E 

L. L. Latta Co. F 

I . W. Boatman Co. G 

S. S. Wintersteen Co. H 

Chas. W. Snyder Co. I 

T. B. Marshall Co. K 

This committee was called together in October, and although I 
was not there yet I was selected to write the history of the regiment, 
and I hope you will not have cause to regret the chioce. I have 
done the best I could. 

I have had the benefit of the diaries of P. R. Fortney, John W. 
Burdsall, Wm. Voorhees, and C. B. Palmer, besides the published 
work of Gen. Andrews on the Mobile Campaign. I have also been 
very greatly assisted, especially so, by the labors of Major McComas, 
Lieutenant Carey, and Wm. H. Davis, all of whom spent many 
evenings during several years in collecting material. The only sur- 
vivor of these three is Wm. H. Davis, our very efficient secretary- 
treasurer. He had kept these data with great care, and turned 
them all over to me, and they have been most valuable. Among the 
voluminous records, I wish especially to commend those of Comrade 
Thos. J. Chard, as they contained an important incident which was 
not found in any other paper. 

I have also had the pleasure of reading a letter from Maj. John 
M. Gould of the 1-10-29 Maine, Portland, Me. He was in the 



6 History of the Eighty-Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 

skirmish at Moore's plantation, and highly commends the Eighty- 
Third Ohio. 

I have also had the very efficient assistance of Miss Ida Hall, the 
Commercial teacher, and of the Senior Class of the Sidney High School 
in the correction and preparation of this manuscript. 

No one will make the mistake of expecting in this book anything 
of the secrets of strategy or grand tactics, or inner history of cam- 
paigns, such as Generals would write, but rather the every day life 
of the soldier, his trials, hardships, amusements, feelings, hopes, 
joys and triumphs. It will tell of those strenuous times, and bring 
again to remembrance the scenes and incidents which come only to 
those who have marched in the ranks. 

I now submit my labors to you, and if you will say it could have 
been done better, I will neither gainsay nor deny it. 

Very respectfully, 

Your Friend and Comrade, 

T. B. MARSHALL, 
First Sergt. Co. K. Eighty-Third O. V. I. 
Sidney, O., 1912. 




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INDEX 



Alexandria 139, 140, 142 

Algiers 109, 117 

Andrews, Gen 156, 163 

Arkansas Post 56 

Armament 22 

Atchafalaya, 144, 148, 149 

Baldwin, Wm. H., Lt. Col. 28, 164, 165 

Banks, Gen. N. P 130, 145 

Barrancas 156 

Baton Rouge 106, 146 

Beard, John H 77, 102 

Belfast, Str 44 

Berwick Bay 109 

Black River 70 

Blakeley 160, 163 

Bowen, Gen 93 

Bowen, Jos 95 

Bragg, Gen 156 

Brigade 35 

But bridge, Gen. S. G 39, 50, 79 

Burns, Capt 135 

Cairo 45 

Cameron, Gen 121 

Cane River 123, 139 

Carey, Lieut 95 

Carencro (Carrion Crow) . . . .112, 115 

Cassidy, Dr 43 

Champion's Hill 78 

Chard, Thos. J 92,93 

Chickasaw Bluffs 51 

Citizen Str 48 

Clopper, Lieut 23 

Consolidation 152 

Cotton speculators 145 

Crittenden March 32 

Cynthiana 35 

Davidson, Gen 152 

Davis, Wm. H 34, 64, 92, 96 

DeMar, Capt. Jas. T 80, 154 

Dennison, Camp 18, 175 

Dwight, Gen 117, 119 

Election, 'State 110, 149 

Emery, Gen 130, 133 

Falmouth 35 

Fleet 49 

Frankfort 41 

Franklin. Gen 129, 130 



Franklin 122 

Galveston 170 

Grand Gulf 70 

Grand Coteau 115 

Grand Ecore 138 

Grant, Gen. U. S 73, 82, 107. 108 

Greenville, Miss 62 

Greyhounds 42 

Hard Times Landing 70 

Hauer, J no. B 95 

Ireland, D.J 75 

Jackson, Miss 77, 100 

Jackson, Fort 117, 174 

John, R. N 59 

Judah, Gen 22 

King, Camp 25 

Landrum, Col 129 

Lee, Gen. S. D 63, 79, 84 

Lexington 40 

L'Hommedieu, S. S. Major 30, 60 

Louisville 43 

McClernand, Gen 79, 82, 141 

McComas, Captain 92 

McGinnis, Gen 121 

McPherson Fort 151 

Magnolia Church 75 

Mansfield 128 

Maytem, James 18 

Mexico 169 

Meyers, D. C 113, 165 

Milliken's Bend 49 

Mobile 167, 169 

Moore, Col. F. W..42, 150, 152, 156, 157 

Montgomery, Col 93 

Morganza Bend 145, 149, 151 

Muster out 173 

Natchez 105, 151 

Natchitoches 124, 138 

New Orleans 106, 174 

Nicholasville 40 

Ohio Monuments 79, 95 

Opelousas Ill 

Orchard Camp 26 

Ord, Gen., E. O. C Ill 

Organization of Companies 19 

Organization of Regiment 20 

Ovsters 118 



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Palmer, C. B 95 

Paris 39 

Pascagoula 154 

Pemberton, Gen 94 

Pensacola 158 

Phares, W. D 157 

Pickens, Fort 156 

Pickering, Fort 46, 48 

Pleasant Hill 128, 130, 137 

Ponchartrain Lake 120 

Port Gibson 75 

Poth, Andrew 157 

Ransom, Gen 132, 133 

Raymond 77, 102 

Rifles, Springfield 150 

Rocky Springs 77 

Ross, Capt 47 

Sabine Cross Roads 127 

Selma 167 

Shaler, Camp 33 

Shells, sub-terra 166 

Sherman, Gen 51,53, 54 

Short, John W 91 

Siewers, MS 37, 39, 51 

Slimmer, Lieut 156 

Smith, Gen. A. J 53, 56 



Smith, Gen. Green Clay 33, 39 

Smith, Antony 95 

Smith, Gen. Kirby 144 

Snow, D. B 59, 102 

Snyder, Chas. W 96, 135 

Southgate, "Tup" .46 

Spaeth, Andrew 96 

Spanish Fort 162 

Squirrel Hunters 21 

Stanley, Geo 32 

Sutton, A. T 95 

Sweeny, Geo 113 

St. Phillip, Fort 119, 174 

Taylor, Gen. Dick 127 

Teche, Bayou 110 

Tensas River 49 

Tilghman, Gen 80 

Vallandingham, C. L 110 

Vermillionville Ill 

Vicksburg. . .48, 66, 83, 84, 94, 95, 103 

Waldo, Capt 135 

Willow Springs 76 

Wisconsin, 23rd 113 

Wisconsin, 8th 141 

Young, Lieut. Archie 165 



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LIST OF BATTLES 

in which the Eighty-Third was engaged : 

Chickasaw Bayou, Miss Dec. 28-31, 1862 

Arkansas Post, Ark Jan 11, 1863 

Port Gibson, Miss May 1, 1863 

Champion's Hill, Miss May 16, 1863 

Big Black River, Miss May 17, 1863 

Vicksburg (First Assault) May 19, 1863 

Vicksburg (Second Assault) May 22, 1863 

Vicksburg (Siege of) May 19 to July 4, 1863 

Jackson, (Siege of) July 9-16, 1863 

Grand Coteau, (Carencro) La Nov. 3, 1863 

Sabine Cross Roads, La April 8, 1864 

Fort Blakelcy, La April 2-9, 1865 

SKIRMISHES. 

Greenville, Miss Feb. 20, 1863 

Cane River, La April 23, 1864 

Moore's Plantation, La May 2, 1864 

Atchafalaya River, La Oct. 4, 1864 

Atchafalaya River, La Oct. 17, 1864 

DISTANCES TRAVELLED BY RAIL. 

Miles. 

Sept. 3, 1862, Camp Dennison to Cincinnati 17 

Oct. 31, 1863, Algiers to Brashear City, La 75 

Feb. 1, 1864, New Orleans to Lake Port, La 5 

Feb. 26, 1864, Lake Port to New Orleans, La 5 

Mch. 6, 1864, Algiers to Brashear City, La 75 

Jan. 30, 1865, New Orleans to Lake Port, La 5 

Aug. 4, 1865, Cairo, 111., to Cincinnati, 398 

Aug. 6, 1865, Cincinnati to Camp Dennison 17 

Aug. 10, 1865, Camp Dennison to Cincinnati 17 

Total 614 



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Nov. 


22, 


Dec. 


21, 


Jan. 


2, 


Jan. 


13, 


Feb. 


15, 


Feb. 


22, 


Mar. 


11, 


April 30, 


Aug. 


25, 


Sept 


25, 


Oct. 


3, 


Oct. 


3, 


Dec. 


21, 


Jan. 


23, 


Feb. 


2, 


Feb. 


25, 


Mar. 


10, 


May 


28, 


July 


21, 


July 


26, 


Sept. 


13, 


Nov. 


1, 


Dec. 


6, 


Jan. 


23, 


Jan. 


30, 


April 


21, 


June 


14, 


July 


26, 


July 


29, 



History op the Eighty-Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 

DISTANCES TRAVELLED BY STEAMER. 

Miles. 

1862, Louisville to Memphis, Tenn 650 

1862, Memphis to Vicksburg, Miss 400 

1863, Vicksburg to Arkansas Post 250 

1863, Arkansas Post to Young's Point, La 245 

1863, Young's Point to Greenville, Miss 170 

1863, Greenville to Young's Point, La 170 

1863, Young's Point to Milliken's Bend, La 25 

1863, Carthage, La., to Oakland, Miss 35 

1863, Vicksburg to New Orleans, La 400 

1863, New Orleans to Donaldsonville, La 75 

1863, Donaldsonville to New Orleans, La 75 

1863, CarroUton to Algiers, La 7 

1863, Algiers to Ft. Jackson, La 60 

1864, Ft. Jackson to New Orleans, La 60 

1864, Lake Port to Madisonville, La 35 

1864, Madisonville to Lake Port, La 35 

1864, Berwick City to Franklin, La 28 

1864, Morganza to Baton Rouge, La 50 

1864, Baton Rouge to Algiers, La 130 

1864, Algiers to Morganza, La 180 

1864, Morganza to Tunison Bend and return 30 

1864, Morganza to White River and return 900 

1864, Morganza to Natchez, Miss 90 

1865, Natchez to New Orleans, La 280 

1865, Lake Port to Barrancas, Fla 200 

1865, Mobile to Selma, Ala., and return 600 

1865, Mobile to Galveston, Tex 450 

1865, Galveston to New Orleans, La 450 

1865, New Orleans to Cairo, 111 1050 

Total 7,130 



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Sept. 4, 

Sept. 6 
Sept. 8 
Sept. 18 
Sept. 19 
Sept. 20 
Sept. 21 
Sept. 22 
Oct. 8 
Oct. 9 
Oct. 10 
Oct. 11 
Oct. 17 
Oct. 18 
Oct. 19 
Oct. 20 
Oct. 21 
Oct. 24 
Oct. 31 
Nov. 12 
Nov. 13 
Nov. 14 
Nov. 15 
Nov. 19 
Nov. 21 
Nov. 29 
Dec. 21 
Dec. 25 
Dec. 26 
Dec. 27 
Jan. 1 
Jan. 10 
Jan. 13 
Jan. 15 
April 5 
April 11 
April 14 
April 15 



DISTANCES MARCHED AND DATES. 

Miles. 
1862, Covington to Camp Mitchel and return to Camp 

King 8 

1862, Camp King to Camp Beechwood 8 

1862, Camp Beechwood to Camp Orchard 3 

1862, Camp Orchard to Latonia Springs 10 

1862, Latonia Springs to Camp in Field 13 

1862, Camp in Field to Crittenden 10 

1862, Crittenden to Latonia Springs 23 

1862, Latonia Springs to Camp Orchard 10 

1862, Camp Shaler to Latonia 10 

1862, Latonia to Camp in Field 12 

1862, Camp in Field to Grassy Creek 11 

1862, Grassy Creek to Falmouth 17 

1862, Falmouth to Cynthiana 22 

1862, Cynthiana to R. R. Bridge 6 

1862, R. R. Bridge to Kiser's Station 4 

1862, Kiser's Station to Camp in Field 7 

1862, Camp in Field to Paris, Ky 8 

1862, Paris to Lexington, Ky 16 

1862, Lexington to Nicholasville 16 

1862, Nicholasville to Camp in Field 18 

1862, Camp in Field to Frankfort, Ky 18 

1862, Frankfort to Camp in Field 19 

1862, Camp in Field to Louisville, Ky 15 

1862, Changed camp 1 

1862, Camp to Landing 2 

1862, Landing at Memphis to Camp 2 

1862, Camp to Landing 2 

1862, Milliken's Bend to Dallas Station, La 26 

1862, Dallas to Milliken 26 

1862, Yazoo River to Chickasaw Blufifs 6 

1863, Chickasaw Bluffs to Landing at Yazoo 5 

1863, Landing of Arkansas River to Arkansas Post 5 

1863, Near Fort to Arkansas River 1 

1863, Landing near Young's Point to Camp 5 

1863, Milliken's to Walnut Bayou 10 

1863, Walnut Bayou to MilHken's 10 

1863, Milliken's to Oak Grove, La 13 

1863, Oak Grove to Holmes' Plantation 20 



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April 22, 1863, Holmes' to Smith's Plantation 

April 29, 1863, Hard Times Landing to below Gr'and Gulf. 

May 1, 1863, Bruinsburg to Magnolia Hills 

May 2, 1863, Magnolia to Port Gibson, Miss 

May 3, 1863, Port Gibson to Bayou Pierre 

May 7, 1863, Bayou Pierre to Junction of V. & J. road. . 

May 9, 1863, Junction to Big Sandy Creek 

May 10, 1863, Big Sandy to Cayuga, Miss 

May 12, 1863, Cayuga to 14 mile Creek 

May 13, 1863, 14-mile Creek to Barre's Plantation 

May 15, 1863, Barre's to Raymond 

May 16, 1863, Raymond to Champion's Hill 

May 17, 1863, Champion's Hill to Black River 

May 18, 1863, Black River to Vicksburg, Miss 

July 5, 1863, Vicksburg to Jackson, Miss., and return. . . 

July 26, 1863, Rear of Vicksburg to River 

Aug 27, 1863, CarroUton to Camp 

Sept. 25, 1863, Near Donaldson to River 

Sept. 26, 1863, Near River to landing on Mississippi 

Oct. 8, 1863, Berwick to Pattersonville, La 

Oct. 9, 1863, Pattersonville to Camp in Field 

Oct. 10, 1863, Camp in Field to Iberia 

Oct. 11, 1863, Iberia to Vermillionville 

Oct. 15, 1863, Vermillionville to Carencro 

Oct. 21, 1863, Carencro to Barre's Landing 

Nov. 1, 1863, Barre's to Carencro 

Nov. 5, 1863, Carencro to Vermillionville 

Nov. 7, 1863, Vermillionville to Camp in Field 

Nov. 8, 1863, Camp in Held to New Iberia 

Dec. 7, 1863, Iberia to Camp in Field 

Dec. 8, 1863, Camp in Field to Franklin, La 

Dec. 10, 1863, Franklin to Camp in Field 

Dec. 11, 1863, Camp to Berwick 

Dec. 15, 1863, Brashear to Tigerville 

Dec. 16, 1863, Tigerville to Thibedeauxville 

Dec. 17, 1863, Thibedeauxville to Mississippi River 

Dec. 18, 1863, Mississippi River to Camp in Field 

Dec. 19, 1863, Camp in Field to Algiers 

Jan. 24, 1864, Landing to F'actor's Press 

Feb. 2, 1864, Factor's Press to Depot 

Feb. 4, 1864, Madisonville to Camp 



5 

5 
15 

6 

9 
15 

8 
10 
14 
16 
18 
10 
10 
12 
80 

4 

3 
12 
12 
15 
20 
14 
21 
18 
17 
17 
18 

8 
13 

7 

18 
18 
10 
28 
28 
25 
34 
20 
1 

2 
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Feb. 20 
Mar. 11 
Mar. 16 
Mar. 17 
Mar. 18 
Mar. 19 
Mar. 20 
Mar. 22 
Mar. 23 
Mar. 24 
Mar. 25 
Mar. 26 
Mar. 28 
Mar. 29 
Mar. 30 
April 
April 
April 
April 
April 
April 
April 10 
April 11 
April 22 
April 23 
April 24 
April 25 
April 28 
May 2 
May 7 
May 13 
May 14 
May 15 
May 16 
May 17 
May 19 
May 20 
May 21 
May 22 
May 28 
July 31 



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Camp to Madisonville 1 

Franklin to Camp 4 

Near Franklin to Camp in Field 16 

Camp to Lake Tasse 14 

Lake Tasse to Vermillionville 17 

Vermillionville Bayou to Carencro Bayou 19 

Carencro Bayou to Washington 17 

Washington to Camp in Field 16 

Field to Field 22 

Field to Wilson's Plantation 18 

Wilson's Plantation to Camp 16 

Camp to Alexandria 10 

Alexandria to Henderson Hill 18 

Henderson Hill to Cane River 18 

Cane River to Field 16 

Field to Field 16 

Field to Natchitoches 6 

Natchitoches to Camp in woods 15 

Woods to Pleasant Hill 20 

Pleasant Hill to Sabine Cross Roads 15 

Sabine Cross Roads to Camp in Field 31 

Field to Field 6 

Field to Grand Ecore 17 

Grand Ecore to Glondinville 30 

Glondinville to Cane River 12 

Cane River to Henderson Hill 21 

Henderson Hill to Alexandria 18 

Near Alexandria to City of Alexandria 3 

Alexandria to Moore's Plantation and return .... 18 

Alexandria to Field 6 

Field to Field 16 

Field to Wilson's Bend 18 

Wilson's Bend to Marksville 14 

Marksville to Cooperville 10 

Cooperville to Fort Taylor 12 

Fort Taylor to Atchafalaya River 8 

Atchafalaya River to Field 1 

Field to Mississippi River 18 

Mississippi River to Morganza 16 

Landing Baton Rouge to Camp 1 

Camp back to Landing 1 



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Sept. 16 
Sept. 18 
Oct. 
Oct. 
Oct. 
Mar. 11 
Mar. 20 
Mar. 21 
Mar. 23 
Mar. 25 
Mar. 25 
Mar. 26 
Mar. 27 
Mar. 28 
Mar. 29 
Mar. 30 
Mar. 31 
April 1 
April 2 
April 11 
April 21 
May 14 
June 13 



1864, Morganza to Atchafalaya 10 

1864, Atchafalaya to Morganza 10 

1864, Morganza to Atchafalaya 15 

1864, Return to Morganza 15 

1864, Same trip and return 30 

1865, Barrancas to Pensacola, Fla 15 

1865, Pensacola to Field 12 

1865, Field to Field 5 

1865, Field to Field U 

1865, Field to Pine Creek 3 

1865, Pine Creek to Canal Creek 10 

1865, Canal Creek to Escambia River 8 

1865, Escambia to Field 14 

1865, Field to Field 4 

1865, Field to Field 9 

1865, Field to Field 10 

1865, Field to Stockton, Ala 17 

1865, Stockton to Carpenter's Station 10 

1865, Carpenter's Station to near Blakeley 8 

1865, Near Blakeley to Blakeley 2 

1865, Landing at Mobile to Camp and return 3 

1865, Landing at Mobile to Camp and return 3 

1865, Camp to Landing 2 

Total Miles Marched 1,831 



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ORGANIZATION AND ASSIGNMENTS. 



Organized at Camp Dennison, moved to Kentucky, September 3rd. 

Attached to First Brigade, First Division, Army of Kentucky; 
September to October, 1862. 

First Brigade, Tenth Division, Department of The Tennessee; 
to December, 1862. 

First Brigade, First Division, Sherman's right wing. Thirteenth 
Army Corps, Department of The Tennessee, to January, 1863. 

First Brigade, Tenth Division, Thirteenth Corps, Army of The 
Tennessee, to July 1863. 

First Brigade, Fourth Division, Thirteenth Army Corps, Depart- 
ment of the Gulf, to June, 1864. 

Third Brigade, Third Division, Nineteenth Army Corps, Depart- 
ment of the Gulf to August, 1864. 

Third Brigade, Second Division, Nineteenth Army Corps, to 
November, 1864. 

Third Brigade, Reserve Division, Department of the Gulf to 
February, 1865. 

Third Brigade, Second Division, Thirteenth Army Corps, to 
July, 1865. 



To the memory of those who met death 
that their beloved country might have life 
this volume is lovingly and gratefully 
DEDICATED 




W.M. H. D.Wis, Secrclar\- Trcasiuvr 
Kight\-thinl Reu,inuMit-( )hi() X'olunlccr Iiifantr\' Associalion. 



HISTORY 

OF THE 

Eighty-Third Regiment 

Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 

CHAPTER I. 

Recruiting — Camp Dennison — Passing through 
Cincinnati — Organization in Ky. — Battle of 
"Camp King" — March to Crittenden — March 
to Louisville. 

The Eighty-Third Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry 
came into existence in the fall of 1862. 

More than a year had passed since President Lincoln 
had issued his first call for troops to meet the armed 
resistance by the South to our Federal laws. Many 
battles had been fought, many lives had been lost, and our 
lines had become so extended, that the number of men 
in the field were insufficient for the duties required. 

The President issued his third call — calling a new army 
to look duty in the face; a new army to fill up the thinned 
ranks of the old one; a new army to keep the Old Ship of 
State from going on the rocks, and to uphold the Grand 
Old Flag — The Stars and Stripes. 

Recruiting during the summer was slow. Recruiting 
officers were, as far as possible, selected from those who had 
seen service, though there were many conditional com- 
missions issued, requiring a prescribed complement of men 
when regular commissions would be issued. The men 
recruited were sent to the rendezvous to await assignments 
and muster in, and to attain some proficiency in drill. 

[171 



18 History of the Eighty- TmRo Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 

Although sometimes much persuasion was required to 
induce enlistment, it was not always so. A very notable 
example of this was in the case of Jamefe Maytem, a Com- 
pany K man afterwards. He was all of 45 years of age 
which was the limit. 

About forty of us were lined up to be sworn in, in a long 
hall somewhere on Third Street, I think, in Cincinnati. 
Captain Breslin was the mustering officer. He suspected 
that Maytem was over age and questioned him rather 
sharply, but could get out of him only that he was forty 
years old. At last Captain Breslin, (who was a regular 
army officer) seemed to give it up and moved along down 
the line. When he got near the lower end, he suddenly 
wheeled around and with a firm and most decisive tread, 
heels clattering on the floor, he came rapidly back and 
halted as if shot immediately in front of Maytem and 
with an explosive voice said, "and how old are you now?." 
The old man did not scare worth a cent, and gave the same 
reply "forty years old," and he was mustered out with 
the regiment at the close of the war. 

Many inducements were offered for volunteers and 
patriotic citizens vied with each other in their efforts to 
fill the ranks of the army which was fighting to preserve 
our National existence. Liberal subscriptions were made, 
and generous bounties given, to enable volunteers to leave 
something tangible with their dependent families. The 
Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Railroad gave $20.00 to 
each man of the first four Companies enlisted. The City 
itself gave $25.00 in addition to the bounty given by the 
Government. 

As fast as recruited, the men were sent to Camp Dennison 
which was located fifteen miles east of the City on the 
Little Miami Railroad — now a part of the Pennsylvania 
System. This was a large level plot of ground on both 
sides of the railroad. It was laid out with military pre- 



History of the Eighty-Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 19 

cision and contained large comfortable wooden barracks. 
Each building was designed to accommodate one hundred 
men. One side had a tier of bunks, three high, while the 
rest of the floor space was for dining tables and room for 
assembling. 

The Miami river was close by and afforded fine bathing 
facilities, which was a luxury very greatly appreciated by all. 

The camp monotony was relieved by frequent visits 
of many friends, often laden with hampers filled with 
luxuries, and supplies, so that soldiering at Camp Dennison 
was very much of a picnic as compared with later experi- 
ences. 

Finally, several of the companies were filled and the 
Mustering Officer appeared on the scene. 

Supernumerary Officers, of which there were several, 
were assigned to other commands. Among these was 
Henry C. Corbin, who afterwards became Lieutenant 
General in the regular service and attained particular 
prominence during the Spanish- American war as Adjutant 
General. 

In order to make a clear and accurate account of the 
completion of each company, I take the following from 
the Ohio Roster, as published by the State in 1888. 

Individual enlistments, of course, vary from these dates, 
but the completion of each company and its muster is as 
follows : 

Co. A mustered Aug. 25, 1862, at Camp Dennison, O. 
Co. B mustered Aug. 29, 1862, at Camp Dennison, O. 
Co. C mustered Aug. 26, 1862, at Camp Dennison, O. 
Co. D mustered Aug. 25, 1862, at Camp Dennison, O. 
Co. E mustered Aug. 25, 1862, at Camp Dennison, O. 
Co. F mustered Aug. 26, 1862, at Camp Dennison, O. 
Co. G mustered Sept. 11, 1862, at Camp in Field. 
Co. H mustered Sept. 12, 1862, at Campbell County, Ky. 
Co. I mustered Sept. 11, 1862, at Campbell County, Ky. 
Co. K mustered Aug. 26, 1862, at Camp Dennison, O. 



20 History of the Eighty-Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 

Other data says Company E was sworn in August 16th, 
while Company I was organized at Westchester and sworn 
in August 22nd. Not having any satisfactory statistics 
on the subject, we will take the official figures as they stand 
above. 

Company K was originally recruited for the Seventy- 
Ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, R. B. Hays, Colonel, and 
was quartered on the North side of the track where it 
remained for several days. It was then moved to the 
South side and incorporated as part of the Eighty-Third 
Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 

This made the seventh company at Camp Dennison and 
the balance, three companies, were attached in Kentucky, 
and Company H, being the last to come in on September 12th, 
is the reason why the muster rolls all date from then 
instead of August. 

"Ohio in the War" says: 

"On the 12th of September the seven companies were 
joined by the three from Butler County which had organ- 
ized at Camp Dennison; but as all the companies had the 
requisite number of men on the 22nd of August, the 
regimental organization dated from that time." 

But it did not. September 12th is the official date, 
notwithstanding the statement of "Ohio in the War." 

To show how individual dates of enlistments had little 
to do with the regimental organization, there were four 
who enlisted on August 1st and among these was "Scotty." 
Ten enlisted on August 2nd. Among these were Archie 
Young and Lieutenant Keene. Lieutenant Keene was 
later on acting as chaplain and after the war closed, became 
a Doctor of Divinity in the M. E. Church, and stood very 
high in ecclesiastical circles. (He is now at rest.) 



History of the Eighty-Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 21 

KIRBY SMITH AND THE SQUIRREL 
HUNTERS. 

While we were quietly at Camp Dennison, the armies 
in the field were quite active, especially the boys in gray. 
Their Commander in the West, General Polk, was paral- 
leling the march of the Union army under Buell in an 
effort to get into Kentucky and allow Kirby Smith to 
push on to the Northern boundary and threaten Cincin- 
nati. 

The people became very much alarmed. Thousands of 
her citizens and soldiers from every section of the State 
were rushed to the rescue. Martial law was proclaimed 
and the City and vicinit^^ became a veritable military 
camp. Every able bodied man was pressed into service 
in fortifying the outlying hills. 

A pontoon bridge spanned the Ohio river just above 
the unfinished piers of the new suspension bridge, and 
about opposite the foot of W^alnut street. Another pontoon 
spanned the river at the foot of LawTence street. These 
were guarded by farmers with all kinds of shooting irons, 
and in all manner of dress, uniforms being conspicuous 
by their absence or scarcity. This peculiarity in the 
appearance of these enthusiastic volunteers, gave them 
the name of "The Squirrel Hunters." 

The nucleus of the Eighty-Third was 3^et at Camp 
Dennison and ignorant, as a general thing, of the great 
danger which was impending. No doubt we were under 
the impression that our Southern friends would just stop 
awhile, sit down on a stump or on any old thing and wait 
for us to take off our coats and roll up our sleeves, and 
then come out and say, "Now then, come on and we will 
attend to 3^our case." But they were not in the waiting 
business and did not propose to give us any latitude, or 
longitude either, for that matter. We had no guns or 
equipment of any kind, and, of course, no ammunition 



22 History of the Eighty-Third Ohio Volunteer Intantry. 

At last the Ordnance Department issued to us what 
looked to be very formidable weapons, viz.; fine, new, 
glittering, Belgian rifles with shiny bayonets, and finely 
polished and blackened accoutrements, with shoulder belts 
to hold up the cartridge boxes. We had to be very careful 
and not handle these rifles roughly, as the barrels were 
ver>* soft and a hard knock would make such a dent in 
them as to render them useless. 

To illustrate how ignorant we really were about nearly 
everything pertaining to military matters, this incident 
comes to mind. Many of the regiment lived in and near 
the City and had now been in camp what seemed like 
several months. 

Some of them naturally wanted to see home once more, 
to sleep in a bed again, and eat some of the pie that mother 
knew how to make. A handful of furloughs, written on 
all kinds of scraps of paper, were granted by Lieutenant 
Clopper but to be good, must be countersigned by General 
Judah, the commandant. I was sent on this errand, and 
going to his oflice. went in. I saw a man there with stars 
on his shoulder-straps, nervously walking to and fro. I 
asked for General Judah. I did not know a General from 
a High Priest, and could not have told one from the other 
if I had met them in the big road. As I proftered my 
request, the man with the stars on stopped and exploded 
with. "I am General Judah, sir. What do you want?" 
I presented my fist full of passes and then he let out on 
me for sure. He raked me up one side and down the 
other and not by any means neglecting Lieutenant Clopper. 
He said, "He ought to be arrested and punished for pre- 
suming to ask for furloughs in the face of the enemy, and 
when we were expecting marching orders at any minute." 
I got away somehow, through the keyhole, presumably, as 
I must have shrunken to about that size. There were 



History op the Eighty-Third ohio Volunteer Infantry. 23 

evidently more things to learn than to march or to handle 
a musket. 

Although our regiment was incomplete, and lacked 
nearly everything that went to make up efficient soldiers, 
yet, owing to the exigencies of affairs, we received marching 
orders, as the General had said. On September 3rd, the 
seven companies embarked on the cars as did all other 
troops in the camp. We were hurried through the City 
and across the pontoon into Kentucky, and thus began 
our actual career as soldiers. We slept that night in the 
streets of Covington. The market-house afforded shelter 
for the most, if not all of us; the butchers' benches and 
the brick floor being utilized in place of the comfortable 
beds to which we had been accustomed all our lives. The 
morning dawned on us with no rations, and with nothing 
to do but sit around on the aforesaid butchers' benches. 

After a time we were all horrified to see what those 
greasy benches had done to our nice, new and clean blue 
breeches, but it could not be helped. As the commissary 
was to us an unknown quantity we seemed in a fair way 
of getting no breakfast, when Lieutenant Clopper came 
up. He had been a teacher on this side of the river, and 
some of his friends proffered his company a large kettle 
of hot coffee, to say nothing of other things. It was 
indeed a most acceptable offering and was heartily enjoyed 
and rapidly consumed. 

It is said that the invitation was intended as a personal 
courtesy to Lieutenant Clopper, the invitation being a 
request for the ''pleasure of his compa?iy to breakfast.'" 
Lieutenant Clopper's loyalty to his ''Company" made 
him think the invitation was to all. We had a long wait 
standing "at rest" in the street, while evident hustling 
was going on in the house. At last wash boilers and other 
big kettles, steaming with fragrant coffee appeared, and 
every man had his fill, after which our Lieutenant disap- 



24 History of the Eighty-Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 

peared in the house and had a royal breakfast; but giving 
a hundred men a full breakfast was too much even for 
Kentucky hospitality^ on such short notice. 

After this uncomfortable first night on Kentucky soil, 
and with a light breakfast at least for most of the men, we 
were called into line and ordered to march to Camp King. 
This was South of Covington on the Independence Pike. 
The weather was muggy and hot, and the unaccustomed 
accoutrements and other paraphernalia all contributed to 
our discomfort. We reached our destination about noon 
of September -ith, completely exhausted by marching only 
that short distance. 

But this was war times, and we were allowed no time 
for rest or even to finish our dinner of which we were so 
sorely in need. The long roll was sounding and demanding 
that we form in line of battle at once. We took our 
position on the double quick, dimly comprehending the 
seriousness of the situation. For a brief season the scene 
beggared description. Infantry on the double quick; 
batteries at a gallop; the cavalry on the run created con- 
sternation indescribable, while clouds of dust following 
each movement quite obscured the view, often preventing 
those in the rear of the line from seeing those in front. 
Occasional shells from the batteries added to the already 
intense excitement. 

Captain Cornell, of Company E rushed in front of his 
company and, waving his sword frantically over his head, 
cried out at the top of his voice, "It is victory or death." 
Most of us were so badly frightened that if the enemy had 
really appeared, it would have met with but a feeble 
resistance, so great was the confusion. 

It is needless to say that we were greatly relieved to 
hear an ofificer of experience say there was no possible 
danger, as the enemy was miles away. 



History op the Eighty-Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 25 

Our Commander, Colonel Taylor, of the Fiftieth Ohio, 
saw some fresh dirt being piled up on the top of a high hill, 
and after intently looking at it for a few moments re- 
marked, "It is either our men or the rebels." After 
which profound remark he went to his quarters. Not- 
withstanding, we remained in line of battle the balance 
of the afternoon, which in itself was rather a serious matter. 
This affair was ever after facetiously called "The Battle 
of Camp King." 

The following day, we started in the direction of Coving- 
ton and arrived in the city about dark, weary, foot-sore, 
very hungr}' and thoroughly disgusted. We were given 
a good supper at the armory and bivouacked on a vacant 
lot in the vicinity. The following morning, as we were 
performing our ablutions in the Licking river, we were 
overtaken by a severe thunderstorm. An overturned flat 
boat afforded us shelter. This detention came near causing 
us to lose a mighty good breakfast which was set for us 
in the armory. 

From this place we marched to Fort Mitchel and then 
returned to Camp King, going into camp adjoining a 
detachment of the Eighteenth U. S. Infantry. 

About eleven o'clock that night wc were called up and 
started eastward. We soon came to the Licking river 
which it was necessary to cross. There seemed to be 
only one way, namely, wade. 

Some had sense or judgment enough to stop and pull 
off their shoes and stockings and roll up their pants and 
some did not. Those of us who did not waded across in 
water a foot or more in depth, shoes and all. Right then 
we received a lesson that came of good use in the future, 
and by which we profited. We marched a little over two 
miles and thought it was ten. Those w^ho had wet shoes 
and stockings soon had very tender feet, and in addition 



26 History of the Eighty-Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 

had to spend the balance of the night before large fires in 
getting dry. 

This was Camp Beechwood, on the Alexandria Pike, 
where we were supposed to support a battery. If the 
battery knew we were holding it up, it most certainly 
knew more than we did. We did picket duty for several 
days and then moved to the Robinson premises named 
Camp Orchard from the fruit trees that abounded on it. 
Our marches up to this time totaled some twenty miles. 

At this camp we were joined by the three companies 
from Butler County. Our regimental roll was now com- 
pleted and numbered one thousand and ten men. As 
soon as this was done our field officers were entitled to and 
received their commissions, dating on September 25th. 
The date of rank, however, differed somewhat. 

Colonel Mjore — from August 22nd. 

Lieutenant Colonel Baldwin — August 20th. 

Major L'Hommedieu — August 20th. 

This now seems to be the proper place to halt in the 
narrative and give a short history of each of these three 
officers, who so ably conducted the affairs of the regiment 
and who so manfully staid with us on all our marches; 
commanded us in all our battles, endured with us all our 
hardships, and came home with the little band of survivors. 

It may not be possible to procure a satisfactory history 
of each, as fifty years is ample time to allow the scattering 
of all data, and to lose track of any who might be able 
to furnish it. 

FREDERICK W. MOORE. 

Colonel. 

Colonel Moore was born in Green Township, Hamilton 
County, February 11th, 1841. He entered the army on 
the first call and was appointed Second Lieutenant of 



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Colonel Frederick \\\ Moore 

LIEL r. (\)L()NEL WAL H. BALDWIN MAJOR S. S. 1;Ho.\LM EDIEL 

Eighty-Third Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry 

Taken at Baton Rouge, La. in the summer of 1864. 



History of the Eighty-Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 27 

Company G, Fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, April, 1861, 
in the three months service. 

He was mustered into the three years service, June 5th, 
1861, as Second Lieutenant of the same Company and 
Regiment. Promoted to First Lieutenant, September 4th, 
1861. Promoted to Captain April 22nd, 1862. Resigned 
July 23rd, 1862 to accept the appointment of Colonel of 
the Eighty-Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Mustered into 
service as Colonel to date from August 22nd, 1862, He 
was our field officer during our whole term of service and 
with the exception of some few times of furlough was with 
us during the entire three years. Several times he acted 
as Brigadier and commanded different brigades. 

For his long and faithful service he was brevetted Briga- 
dier General of U. S. Volunteers to date from March 26th, 
1865. 

He was mustered out of the volunteer service with the 
Regiment, at Galveston, Texas, on July 24th, 1865. 

He thought he had grown into a love of army life, so he 
sought and received an appointment as Second and First 
Lieutenant in the Nineteenth U. S. Infantry and accepted 
the same July 23rd," 1866. 

He was stationed in some place in the West but after 
going through such stirring scenes as he did for four years, 
and ranking as a Colonel for so long and many times with 
a whole brigade under his command, this monotonous life 
of a subaltern and with such surroundings did not at all 
appeal either to his sense of patriotism or to his own 
aspirations. He therefore resigned in April, 1867. 

After retiring to private life, he entered into the practice 
of law in Cincinnati. His qualifications and ambition 
gradually caused him to become eminent in his profession 
and he was elevated successively to the Common Pleas, 
District and Superior Court Benches. 



28 History of the EioHTY-TraRo Omo Volunteer Infantry. 

He died at his home in Winton Place, Cincinnati, May 
6th, 1905, and was buried in Spring Grove Cemetery. 

(For several months I have been trying to get a detailed 
biography of our Colonel other than the above. This has 
been taken from the records of the Loyal Legion. I have 
been unable to procure any information concerning his 
early life, of his ancestry, of his school life or of his civil 
life further than the meager reference to his various 
positions in the law courts. 

Late in life he married the second time but of this I 
have no information further than the mere fact. 

His beautiful gold mounted sword which was presented 
to him by his grateful compatriots, on which was engraved 
his name and achievements, was sent to the Loyal Legion 
without a word of explanation. 

The sword hangs in full view, a mute memento of the 
love and affection of those who knew him and appreciated 
his life and services. 

T. B. M.) 

WILLIAM H. BALDWIN. 
Lieutenant Colonel. 

Wm. H. Baldwin, the second in command of the Grey- 
hounds, came of a long line of military men reaching back 
to Bunker Hill. They were prominent in many engage- 
ments during the Revolutionary period, and the record 
is one of which anyone might be proud. 

He vas born in New Sharon, Maine. Was graduated 
from Union College, N. Y., in 1855, and from the law- 
department of Harvard in 1858. He was for a time a 
student of civil law in the Universities of Berlin and Munich, 
in Europe. He was with General Garabaldi in 1860 in 
most of his important movements from Naples to Capri. 

On learning of the outbreak of our civil strife he returned 
to the United States and was commissioned as Lieutenant 



History of the Eighty-Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 29 

Colonel and assigned to the Eighty-Third Ohio. He 
participated in the battle of Chickasaw Bluffs, commanded 
the regiment at the battle of Arkansas Post as shown by 
the official reports and where our colors were the first on 
the enemy's works. 

He was present during the siege of Vicksburg and was 
in command at the siege and capture of Jackson, Miss. 

He wlas in command of the brigade which brought up 
the rear of Banks' army on the retreat from Sabine Cross 
Roads. He also had various commands while the regiment 
lay enca^mped at Morganza Bend. He was in command 
during the siege and assault of Blakel}', Ala., and made a 
good record there, receiving the surrender of General 
Cockrell as our infantry swarmed over the works. 

For his gallantry in this engagement he was brevetted 
as Brigadier General. He remained with the regiment 
until its final muster out on July 24th, 1865, at Galveston, 
Tex. 

After the close of the war, he returned to the practice 
of his profession which was a large and important one in 
the U. S. Courts, especially in land cases. 

He was an active member of the Loyal Legion and was 
the first Commander of George H. Thomas Post of the 
G. A. R., Department of Ohio. In the National Organi- 
zation, he was at one time Judge Advocate General, and 
a member of the Council of Administration. 

He married Isabella, daughter of Jonas Butterfield, an 
old citizen and merchant of Cincinnati. 

He had four children, but at this writing there is no 
knowledge of them, further than that one of them died 
at an early age. The family resided in Norwood, a 
near suburb of Cincinnati, where he died on June 11, 1898. 



30 History of the Eighty-Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 

S. S. L'HOMMEDIEU. 
Major. 

Stephen Satterly L'Hommedieu was born in Riverside, 
Hamilton County, O., one of the suburban villages of 
Cincinnati, on August 3rd, 1841. He was the grandson 
of the Hon. Charles Hammond and the son of Stephen 
Satterly L'Hommedieu, both prominent and esteemed men 
of former days in Cincinnati. 

He prepared for college at the classical school of Mr. 
E. S. Brooks and entered Kenyon College at Gambier, in 
1856, and in 1859 entered the Kentucky Military Institute. 

At the outbreak of the civil war all the members of the 
Senior Class, with the exception of himself, entered the 
Southern army. He returned to Ohio and his military 
education prepared him for the active service he subse- 
quently performed in the service of his country. 

His military career can be briefly summed up as follows: 
He enlisted and was commissioned as First Lieutenant and 
Adjutant of the First Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, August 
16th, 1861. 

In August, 1862, he was transferred to the Eighty- 
Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry with the rank of Major 
and served continuously until mustered out in July, 1865. 

He served with marked distinction in the Army of the 
Cumberland, Army of the Tennessee and Department of 
the Gulf under Generals Thomas, Grant, Buell, Sherman, 
Ord, Banks, A. J. Smith, Slocum and Canby. He was 
also during his long service, a member of the staff of 
Generals Smith, McClernand, Davidson and Slocum. He 
participated in the siege of Corinth and in all the engage- 
ments of the Eighty-Third. 

Soon after the close of his service, he was married to 
Florence M. Symmes, daughter of Americus Symmes, of 



History of the Eighty-Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 31 

Louisville, Ky., at which time he was engaged in business 
in Paducah, Ky. 

In 1874 he commenced the study of medicine under the 
tuition of the eminent Dr. Roberts Bartholow and was 
graduated from the Ohio Medical College in March, 1877, 
and practiced in Riverside and Cincinnati until the time 
of his death which occurred on July 12th, 1883. 

Major L'Hommedieu was one of those who first organ- 
ized the Cincinnati Society of ex-army and navy officers 
and held the office of Treasurer for two successive terms, 
to the satisfaction and pleasure of the Association. 

He was social in his dispOvsition, entertaining to his 
friends and he made a lasting impression on those who 
knew best how to appreciate and love him for his generous 
and manly ways. He is now numbered among the many 
who patriotically and faithfully stood by the Flag of his 
Country in the dark days of the rebellion. As a soldier 
he was brave and as a friend he was true. 

The Eighty-Third was now a recognized unit in the 
great army of the Union. It had a status, and future 
duties. The performance of these duties would determine 
whether the name was to be one of which we could all be 
proud, or not; it would determine whether or not Old 
Glory should have any stain on it, put there by any mis- 
conduct or dereliction of duty by any of us, who had 
sworn to uphold it. 

Fifty years halve now passed since it was first unfurled 
before us, and there has not been in all these years so 
much as a single word ever heard that could bring a blush 
of shame to any officer or enlisted man of this regiment. 

At this camp. Orchard, we received our knapsacks, 
and canteens making us feel like thoroughbred soldiers. 
On the following day we saw how a new officer looked, one 
often looked for, but not as often seen — the paymaster. 
He gave us our advance pay, amounting to twenty-seven 



32 History op the Eighty-Third Ohio Voi,unteer Infantry. 

dollars each. On September 17, 1862, marching orders were 
received, and to be ready to fall in at ten o'clock with 
two days rations, but it was four o'clock before we really 
moved out. 

Our route was to Camp King and down the Independence 
Pike. At ten o'clock we went into camp on the banks of 
the Licking, in a field between two hills, and waked up at 
daylight with blankets wet with dew. 

Our objective point was Crittenden, about thirty-three 
miles away. The march out required three days, but we 
returned in two. This march of sixty-six miles was very 
fatiguing, as the weather was quite warm, the roads dusty 
and water scarce. This marching and counter-marching 
was very severe on green, unseasoned troops, and evinced 
poor judgment on the part of our commanding officer, 
who was evidently putting us through a seasoning process 
which was too rapid to be at all healthy. 

It was on this march that George W. Stanley tells how 
he got a square meal. His letter says: 

"We started out with full knapsacks, mine weighing 
sixty-five pounds, besides a pair of high boots on my feet. 
On the return I became exhausted and was compelled to 
drop out and wait for the ambulance, which proved to be 
more than full. I rested and moved along as best I could. 
While I was lying in a fence corner during one of these 
resting spells, I saw a woman coming along carrying a 
basket and a jug. As soon as she saw me she said, 'you 
poor boy. Are you shot all to pieces?' She had a boy in 
the regiment and the papers had said we had been shot 
to pieces. I said: 'I had all my pieces 3^et.' She asked 
if I was not hungry, and proceeded to display the contents 
of the basket, roast chicken, biscuits and edibles generally, 
most of which disappeared — gradually!!!" 

"I kept eyeing the jug somewhat wistfully, when she 
poured out a cup full. She warned me that it was cider 



History op the Eighty- Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 33 

and it had a little "kick" in it. I said I would risk the 
"kick" which I did a couple of times, after which I was 
quite well rested. I closed up the account with her by 
confiscating a darkey who was in a buggy behind a couple 
of blooded bays, and induced him to drive us into camp 
which he very cheerfully did, when I told him the lady 
was the niece of our General. But he posed me when he 
asked what General, and as I did not know anything 
about that, I replied why, General Utility. He had never 
heard that name, he said, but it went all right." 

On September 25th we moved from the Orchard to 
Camp Shaler, which was the Newport Cemetery, now 
known as Evergreen Cemetery. A long line of rifle pits 
had been constructed facing South, but we had no idea 
of their practical use. Had we been called on to use 
them, a good battery on the adjacent hills would mighty 
soon have routed us out, as those same adjacent hills 
were some hundred or more feet higher than we were. 

On the 27th we marched down to Newport to undergo 
one of those celebrated functions called a grand review. 
It was presided over by Gen. Green Clay Smith and was 
intolerably and unnecessarily tiresome. We stood in one 
place for three hours, and with our guns at a shoulder the 
whole time without rest. Then when we moved, marching 
in Company front, one can imagine what a splendidly 
crooked line the different companies would make when it 
is known that we had so little drilling and were less than 
thirty days from our homes. General Smith sat on his 
horse and his eyes fairly glittered and his whole appearance 
showed complete disgust at the anything but soldierly 
alignments as we stolidly marched past him. He shook 
his head and showed plainly how he felt. 

While at Camp Shaler we were assigned to the First 
Brigade, First Division, Army of Kentucky. We remained 
in this camp until October 7th. While here and before 



34 History of the Eighty-Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 

our final departure, Sergeant Davis of Company K con- 
cluded he wanted some more pie his mother made. His 
good mother had made frequent trips to our camp, bringing 
such liberal and satisfactory contributions to the private 
larder of our mess, that she had been elected by the boys 
as honorary, or brevet, quartermaster of their dozen. 
It was Saturday and he applied to Captain Thornton for 
a pass, by which he could spend Sunday at home. The 
Captain told him of the strict rules regarding passes, and 
that a Captain's pass, without endorsement, was worthless, 
even to getting out of our own lines, but he gave it, and 
personally passed him out and walked with him a short 
distance to give him a clear start and told him nothing 
but cheek would carry him through. By dodging pickets 
along the pike, and hiding behind country wagons carrying 
produce for the markets while the guards were examining 
them, he finally reached the pontoon across the Ohio river. 
He came near being stuck there but by dint of persistence 
and bluff he went through, and surprised his folks. By 
a free use of soap and water he finally convinced his mother 
of his identity; Kentucky dirt and grime being such a 
close sticker. 

Camp Shaler had many pleasant occasions. Numbers 
of friends made frequent visits and the amount of good 
things they brought was a very welcome addition to our 
unaccustomed army fare, though, at that time we were 
reveling in luxury as compared to what our haversacks 
contained during some of the subsequent months. 

Drilling was comparatively light as were guard and 
picket duty. Such a state of affairs was not intended for 
real soldiering and the higher powers soon inaugurated a 
change. October 7th, we received marching orders and 
we slung our knapsacks like veterans, and headed South 
on those hard, stony pikes that had an entirely different 
feel to the feet from Brussels carpet. 



History ok the Eighty-Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 35 

We were marching towards Falmouth on the Kentucky 
Central Railroad, fifty miles from Covington. On the 
second day out we began to impress teams to haul our 
knapsacks, which, as a general thing were loaded only(!!!) 
about 40 per cent above necessities, and the men were 
breaking down through their ignorance. We finally reached 
Falmouth, pretty well used up, and camped opposite the 
town, in a fine level field. It was Saturday evening, 
October 11th. The Licking river ran close by and bathing 
was enjoyed to the fullest extent. 

During our stay at Falmouth one of our men was 
drowned under somewhat peculiar circumstances. He 
had been using mercurial ointment on his person to get 
rid of vermin. Desiring to cleanse himself of the ointment 
he jumped into the stream and was immediately drowned. 

The time at this place was occupied as much as possible 
in squad and Company drill. The bugle called us up at 
five o'clock for these exercises, and every minute of the 
day was used, and we most certainly needed it. 

We also found here the regiments that were to compose 
our brigade, viz.; Eighty-Third, One Hundred and 
Eighteenth and Ninety-Sixth Ohio; Twenty-Third Wis- 
consin, Eighty-Fifth Indiana and the Nineteenth Kentucky. 
With these on the following day, October 19th, we moved 
out on our way to Cynthiana, distant twenty-two miles. 

We marched continuously until we reached our des- 
tination, suffering all the while for water as it was a very 
scarce article and to camp enroute was out of the question. 
It was a groundhog case, we had to go, and did not get 
into camp until eight o'clock for our much merited rest. 
The Cavalry brought in fifty prisoners. 

The countr}^ between Falmouth and Cynthiana was 
found to be very rough and rugged, but much of it was 
susceptible to cultivation as indicated by prosperous 
looking farms. The fields were mostly marked by stone 



36 History of thB Eighty-Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 

fences, and the roads also were thus enclosed, said stones 
having been gathered from the surface of the soil. 

Our march, therefore, was on a narrow pike, shut in by 
these walls. During this march, a team of six mules at- 
tached to the blacksmith and repair wagon of our brigade, 
and coming up in the rear, became frightened and un- 
manageable, and plunged through the marching ranks, 
scattering the contents of the wagon and endangering life 
and limb. 

The several companies promptly opened ranks and all 
escaped injury until Company I was reached, when Adam 
Curry, from Bethany, was struck by the hub of the front 
wheel and was so seriously injured that he died after being 
removed to the hospital in Cynthiana. 

The only other incident worthy of note connected with 
this monotonous march, happened the same night. When 
we reached camp, the several details were dispatched to 
the front for picket duty. Just before sundown, a First 
Lieutenant with a detail of forty men started out to picket 
the front. They disappeared at dusk in a dense wood. 
At daybreak the next morning it was discovered that the 
entire party had been lost and had wandered about all 
night, leaving the command entirely unprotected, except 
by the videttes. 

This incident is onl}^ equalled by the egregious error 
at Vicksburg, where the regiment was posted left in front: 
that is, facing the rear, with our backs to the enemy. In 
this position it remained during the entire siege, as the 
regiment was so assiduously employed with digging, sharp 
shooting, and various duties that no opportunity was 
found to change front. 

On the morning of October 18th we were awakened 
early in anticipation of continuing our march to Paris, 
distant twenty-five miles, but we did not start as expected. 
No guards were posted so several went on a tour of obser- 
vation. Several of the party got breakfast at a private 



History of the Eighty-Third Ohio VotUNTEBR Infantry. 37 

house. The proprietor, it seems, was a Union man, and 
had abandoned his home a few days previous on the 
approach of some rebels. He left the house in charge of 
two of his slaves who very cheerfully supplied our party 
in the way of breakfast, with the best on the place. 

We moved camp to a beautiful woods a half-mile South 
of town. October 19th, was Sunday, and we had our 
regular inspection. 

In the evening a report was widely circulated that John 
Morgan, with thirty-five hundred men was approaching. 
We advanced to the South a short distance to strengthen 
the picket lines. This was strongly posted behind stone 
walls and fences, and patiently awaited the approach of 
the enemy who never came. While in this camp. Lieu- 
tenant Clopper, with two of his Company, Snow and 
Marshall, took occasion to call on Mr. and Mrs. Peck, 
the parents of Hon. H. D. Peck, now one of Cincinnati's 
eminent jurists. Judge Peck and the above three had been 
intimate college friends and it was a pleasure to be in his 
house, even in his absence. Their front door was bored 
by a bullet through its center, made during a skirmish 
but a short time before. 

A half-mile East was the home of another college friend, 
"Kentuck" Williams, as he was always called, but as he 
was wearing the gra}' and was one of Morgan's men, we 
did not call, nor did we see him. 

On the morning of October 20th we broke camp and 
started for Paris, and at night bivouacked within a half- 
mile of the town. "Company F," according to "Siewers 
MS." was here detailed to go as guard for a bridge at 
the railroad station of Kiser. 

"On this little trip I happened, (happened — mind you) 
to do a little foraging and came into possession of some 
half dozen fine chickens. As soon as we reached camp, I 
hastened to dress them, but had hardly finished when a 



38 History of the Eighty-Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 

native came and complained that some of the men had 
stolen his chickens. Captain Ross said he would inquire 
about them, and asked the man if he could identify them. 
He said he could. I, being the only one who had any 
chickens, was haled before the irate man and the Captain, 
who told me to produce the birds. I did so. When asked 
if those were his fowls, said he could not tell as they were 
cleaned. Hence he got no relief. That is where quick 
work got me out of a scrape." 

Part of the regiment was left at Townsend Bridge, a 
long trestle spanning Townsend Creek, five miles north of 
Paris, and remained on guard several days, fearing Mor- 
gan's men would attempt to burn the structure and interfere 
with our communications and supplies. 

On the 22nd we marched through Paris and were over- 
joyed with the enthusiasm manifested by the people. 
They had been afflicted recently by a visit from John 
Morgan, and, although quite a number of his men w^ere 
from this section, yet the Union sentiment expressed so 
far preponderated that the disloyal citizens kept quiet. 
As we marched through the little city, Union flags were 
everywhere displayed. Ladies, young and old, waved the 
Stars and Stripes enthusiastically in the faces of the men 
as they passed. The demonstration was so surprising that 
we could scarcely believe our eyes. 

We marched out on the W^inchester Pike to Senator 
Garret Davis' woods and went into camp opposite his 
palatial residence. He had come back with us from 
Cynthiana, on his return home after an enforced absence 
of months. 

We experienced another alarm on the 22nd, and the 
entire regiment was kept on duty the whole night. 

Drills were the order of the day, while the customary 
evening dress parade was always witnessed by numbers 
of the citizens. We had been treated, during our stay at 



History of the Eighty-Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 39 

Paris, with unusual courtesy which both officers and men 
fully appreciated. 

Our brigade up to this time had been under the command 
of General Green Clay Smith. He was now relieved of 
the command and succeeded by General S. G. Burbridge, 
who assumed command, after a very complimentary 
address to the brigade by the retiring officer. This took 
place on October 24th and the new Brigadier proved 
himself to be a most excellent and deservedly popular 
commander. 

It was at Paris that we had our first taste of camping 
in the snow and we had a much heavier snow fall at 
Nicholasville, but they were the last, as we soon passed 
below the snow line, though we had much cold and 
inclement weather. 

Comrade Siewers, of Company F, gives this experience 
of some picket duty in this connection. He says, "I 
think it was on the first night that we went into camp 
in the woods, I was detailed for picket duty and was on 
the first relief. After my trick was over, I lay down with 
my head against a stump, and, covering myself with my 
blanket, went soundly to sleep. I was not disturbed the 
whole night and when I awoke it was still dark. 

It seemed to me that my blanket was very weighty, and 
I moved in order to relieve myself, when I got my face 
full of snow. Sitting up, at once, I found it had snowed 
nearly all night, and looked to be about a foot deep, but 
was really only seven inches. I was completely covered 
which accounted for the corporal failing to find me when 
our relief was next called." 

On October 28th we started for Louisville, via Nicholas- 
ville, Shelbyville and Frankfort, a distance of 102 miles. 
While in Kentucky, the regiment was allowed two two- 
horse ambulances and one four-horse ambulance, and 
twenty-six six-mule wagons, and even this amount of 



40 History of the Eighty-Third Ohio Volitxtebr Infantry. 

transportation was inadequate to supply the wants of the 
regiment, while two years later three wagons to a regiment 
was deemed an extravagant allowance. 

On October 31st we marched through Lexington, passing 
the last resting place of one of our Country's great states- 
men, Henry Clay. The tall shaft was plainly visible 
from the road, and from its apex, the marble effigy of 
the Great Pacificator looked down, and, viewing the 
armed hosts as they filed rudely past, seemed to say, 
"Oh! That I was where I once stood that I might aid my 
countrymen in this their great hour of need." 

We reached Nicholasville on the evening of the 31st 
and remained there — Camp Price — until November 11th. 
As we remained for so long a time in this camp, it was 
but natural that the usual routine should be occasionall}' 
broken by the use of various devices. 

One was the caricature of an elephant which afforded 
amusement for some thousand or so. Another time, just 
after taps, one of the Sergeants of Compan}^ E went up 
in front of the Captain's tent and sung out at the top of 
his voice, ''mail, mail,'' and he had hard work to get 
into his bed and be fast asleep before being discovered. 
It w^as in this camp where Sergeant McGregor played a 
smooth trick on one of the boys while on guard duty. 
This guard had just received a letter from his girl, and 
Mac was very anxious to know whether or no he was not 
fishing in his preserves. 

He made several approaches, but was unsuccessful until 
at last he offered to read to him a letter from a youoig lady 
if he, (the guard) would read his. By that means Mac 
found out all he wanted to know and which was apparently 
satisfactory, and then to fulfill his part of the agreement, 
began his letter. But when he began to read and the 
first words were "Dear Brother," there was a hitch. Mac 
was accused of not dealing fairh. Most anybody would 



History of the Eighty-Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 41 

call that mean, wouldn't they? But McGregor said he 
had promised to read a letter from a young lady and he 
was. As everything is fair in love and war and as this 
was both, they let it go at that. 

As long as McGregor is being talked about, a little 
incident seems all right here. It happened at Springfield, 
O., in 1912, during the State G.A.R. Encampment. Several 
of the Eighty-Third boys were guests at his house and 
Orderly Palmer was the first to arrive. While being 
seated and enjoying themselves, one of McGregor's little 
grandsons, six years of age, (Robert Ross McGregor, and 
if you want anything Scotchier than that you will have 
to hunt a long time to find it) kept looking anxiously 
around, in all the corners, behind doors and everywhere. 
At last it was noticed and he was asked what he was 
hunting? He replied, "why, his things." "Things, what 
things?" "Why, his gun and things." The little shaver 
could not understand how he could be a soldier and not 
have a "gun and things." It was explained to him so 
that he understood it, and then, looking up into the face 
of his grandfather, he said, with all the earnestness and 
simplicity of childhood, "Grandpa, was you a fighter or 
only an ofiicer?" 

Leaving Camp Price on the 11th, we resumed our 
march, camping near Versailles, and the next night, Novem- 
ber 13th, bivouacked South of Frankfort a short distance. 
Here we also passed in view of another historical monu- 
ment, the one erected to Kentucky's patron saint, Daniel 
Boone. From Frankfort we tramped over the hard iron- 
like roads, passing through the towns of Shelbyville, 
Simpsonville and Burton, making a march of eighteen 
miles and within sixteen miles of Louisville. 

While on the march, each regiment took turns of being 
at the head of the column. The one at the head one day, 
took the rear the next, and gradually worked forward to 



42 History of the Eighty- Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 

the front again. On this last day, the Eighty-Third had 
the lead, with sixteen miles to go. Colonel Moore deter- 
mined to show some things to the rest of the brigade. 
During this march it had been the custom of the other 
regiments to roll up their clothing, blankets and such 
heav\- weights, in their tents and have them hauled in the 
wagons. This left them in light marching order, and 
made it easy work. This caused a kick b^- the Eighty- 
Third and consequently an order was issued from head- 
quarters that this practice was to stop, and every soldier 
was to carry his own traps. As said before, we were to 
lead the column. 

We filed out in the road and made eight miles without 
a halt. We were a long ways ahead when we stopped 
to rest. Just as the brigade came up with us, we started 
and rapidly marched away from them. These tactics we 
kept up all the time, giving the other regiments no rest 
until we reached Louisville. 

By records of October i9th, repeated October 29th, we 
had been given the name of "Greyhounds." With the 
Twenty-Third Wisconsin, we had formed the nucleus of 
the Brigade, and that regiment had given us this name, 
because of our beating them in the rapidity of our marching, 
the name dating from near October 1st. This last day's 
march into Louisville, November loth, confirmed the name 
in the entire Brigade as then completed. 

Meanwhile, the rest of the brigade were cursing us for 
a lot of "greyhounds," and from that day to this, the name 
has stuck to us. All of our literature has this imprint and 
the monument at Vicksburg has the same in enduring 
granite. We were pretty well done up when we reached 
the city, and every inequality in the cobble paved streets 
was felt through our thick soled shoes. The roads traveled 
were hard macadam, and at the end of each day our feet 
would be covered with blisters. As we had been marching 



History of the Eighty- Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 43 

several days, our feet were particularly tender on this 
our "trial day." 

More than two years after this episode, Dr. Cassidy. 
who was then our surgeon, said ''that days' work of fool- 
ishness had cost the lives of several men." We covered 
the sixteen miles in three hours and fifty minutes actual 
marching time, being an average of over four miles an 
hour. Of course we carried our arms and accoutrements. 
Arriving at Louisville we were placed in camp near the 
Portland Ship Canal on low ground. It rained all that 
night and in the morning our camp was six inches deep 
in water. It was simply awful. We were beginning to 
get a taste of real campaigning. 

We were soon moved to higher ground and so were 
again in comparative comfort, and remained so until 
November 21st when we moved to Portland and embarked 
on board steamers. 



CHAPTER II. 

Leaving Louisville — Cairo — Memphis — Tensas 
River — Chickasaw Bayou — Arkansas Post — 
Young's Point — Milliken's Bend. 

We were assigned to the Belfast on which we slept and 
were ordered off in the morning. Stacked our arms on 
the landing for a few hours and were then ordered on 
board again and started about 3 P. M. We tied up part 
of the night. The Belfast could carry about 300 and the 
Hastings a few^ more than that. Companies D and E 
were placed on board the Trio, to protect the sutler and 
his stores. This last steamer met with a mishaip by 
running on a sand bar some five miles from the starting 
point and stuck for two hours until she was pulled off by 
the ferry boat Excelsior. 

We crossed to New Albany to coal, and then proceeded 
on our torturous way. After going fifty miles, the steamer 
landed to afford the troops a chance to do a little cooking. 
Our house wives of the present day can imagine the quality 
of the said cooking when not one in a dozen knew a stew- 
pan from a stove damper. 

November 23rd we steamed down 67 miles to Cannelton, 
Indiana, to prepare our supper, and coaled at Harrisville, 
Ky. About eight o'clock we passed the steamer St. Cloud, 
hard aground. She was the headquarters steamer. On 
account of shallow water, we tied up six miles above 
Newberg in company with the Emma Duncan, having the 
Nineteenth Kentucky on board. 

On November 25th, we passed Newberg early and after 
passing the mouth of Green river, landed at Evans^ville 
where we disembarked, and, for a change occupied a large 
hall formerly used as a hospital. The passengers on the 

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History of the Eighty-Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 45 

Belfast were not so fortunate as they were not allowed 
off the boat. One of the fleet ran aground and had to 
spar two hours to release her. 

We passed the mouth of the Wabash and just before 
night tied up at Shawneetown. We passed the mouths of 
the Cumberland and Tennessee rivers and the town of 
Paducah. The day was stormy and disagreeable. No- 
vember 26th, we came to Mound City with Cairo in sight. 
We had here our first good view of Uncle Sam's inland 
water craft. We rounded to at Cairo about ten o'clock 
and found there the steamer Emerald with three companies 
on board. The rest of the regiment was then transferred, 
except Companies D and E, which were on the Trio, and 
they were still behind. There was another incident here, 
rec/alling the other and more pleasant civil life of other 
days. 

Lying alongside was a barge load of Confederate prison- 
ers, in their motley garb, the first we had ever seen at 
close range. While we were chaffing them, whom should 
we see but an old time friend of our college days, Ed 
(known at college as "Tup") Southgate from Newport, 
Ky. He was a classmate of Snow. Lieutenant Clopper, 
Snow and Marshall all being acquaintances of his, greeted 
him and talked with him a long time. 

As we backed out, the last words we heard from South- 
gate were, "Will meet you at Vicksburg." After the war 
he became an eminent divine, but none of us ever saw 
him again. After backing away from the Confederate 
prisoners, we moved alongside a coal barge and took in 
1,000 bushels of coal, which occupied the whole of the 
27th. At the time of writing this, this coal would have 
been loaded in about an hour or less. The steamer Trio 
finally came in, and the two Companies, D and E, with 
all the stores were transferred to the Emerald, when we 
turned the prow down stream again. 



46 History of the Eighty-Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 

We passed Island No. 10 after dark and tied up about a 
mile above New Madrid. 

On the morning of the 29th we started before daybreak, 
too early to see the little town, but do not think we missed 
very much of a sight. 

We passed Fort Pillow about 5 P. M. and, for the first 
time, saw formidable earthworks, with tier upon tier of 
batteries, mounted with heavy guns. 

About six o'clock we passed Fort Randolph but nothing 
was visible except chimneys, of which we counted fifteen. 

From this place for about a mile, the left bank presents 
a very beautiful appearance. The bank is composed of 
regular strata of soils, plentifully intermixed with iron. 
The lower stratum is of blue clay covered with layers of 
different soils, all intermixed with sand. 

On the 30th we passed Fort Wright and at last came in 
sight of Memphis, where we unloaded about noon. 

Memphis was the first place we reached after leaving 
Evansville, Ind., which could be dignified by the name of 
"City." It was built on very high ground, bluffs in fact. 
The landing was reached by long, narrow, inclined roads, 
cut through the bluff. It was a great shipping and distrib- 
uting point, the inlet and outlet for all Western Tennessee. 
It was regularly laid out and well built, but would not at 
all compare with any Northern city of equal size. 

Just below the city our forces had constructed a large 
fort, named Fort Pickering, the guns of which commanded 
the city and the river. It was on lower ground than the 
city, but very effective for all that. This city was a 
regular hotbed of secession, and there was no attempt 
made to repress it by its citizens. One day, some of the 
young bloods came walking by the camp, where our 
regimental flag was unfurled and floating in the breeze. 
One of these young men made some scurrilous remarks, 
when Captain Ross, of Company F, summarilly brought 



History of the Eighty-Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 47 

the party up short, and compelled the one who had made 
the insulting remark, to take the folds of the flag in his 
hand and kiss it. He was loud in his protestations, but 
he did it, just the same. Captain Ross would not take 
"No" for an answer. He did not have red hair that 
meant nothing. 

Our camp lay in a wood, about a mile and a half out, 
where we remained during our stay. The weather was 
generally very pleasant, but the unusual food, and more 
especially, the unusual manner of its preparation produced 
quite a good deal of sickness. While in this camp Company 
K met with its first loss by death — John Lullman, of 
Cincinnati, and the third in the regiment. 

The time here was spent as much as possible in drill, 
and in perfecting ourselves in the various duties of soldier 
life. We were as yet very raw troops and required far 
more practice than we had as yet been able to secure. 

At this time there was a large body of troops in camp 
and it was thought necessary by our commander to see 
how much proficiency we had reall}^ attained and how we 
would conduct ourselves under scrutiny. For this purpose, 
a grand Reveiw was held by General W. T. Sherman. 
There were thirteen regiments and two batteries of artillery, 
and these contained about their full complement of men. 
In a review, the troops were drawn up in two ranks as 
was the formation in the sixties. At the command the 
rear rank steps backward four to six paces, called open 
order. The commanding officer with his staff and visitors 
ride down from the right on an ordinary fast trot of the 
horses, at a distance in front of the line of about one hundred 
to one hundred and fifty feet. After passing the brigade 
or division, he then passes to the rear and, at a distance 
greater than when he rode down in front, proceeds at as 
fast a pace as his horse can gallop to his starting place. 



48 History op the Eighty- Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 

But this review was an entirely different function. 
Instead of being in open ranks with our guns at a shoulder, 
we were allowed to stand in close formation, with the 
butts of our muskets on the ground. General Sherman 
now rode his horse at a slow walk as close to the front 
rank as he could get, and looked every man in the face. 
It was no meaningless display, for he did see every man, 
as the following will show. There was a small boy in 
Company K, Elliot Stroup, by name, not over sixteen 
years of age, and small. He was standing in the rear 
rank, but the general, singling him out, stopped his horse 
and said, "Well, my boy, do you think you will be able 
to stand it?" Of course he was too much embarrassed or 
scared for that matter, to make any answer, but the 
lieutenant standing near made reply that was satisfactory, 
and the general rode on. 

After this close scrutiny, the troops were marched, 
regiment by regiment, in company front, before the general 
and his staff, that they might in this way mark what 
proficiency the troops had attained in drill. 

At this camp we were exercised in target shooting and 
in firing volleys by company and by regiment. It was a 
good practice and helped us very much. Nothing of 
special interest further than the usual camp routine occurred 
until the 20th of December, when we received marching 
orders. All our camp equipage was packed and loaded, 
when we marched out, down to and through Fort Pickering 
to the landing, and went aboard the steamer "Citizen," 
which was our home until January 24th, 1863, except for 
expeditions like Bayou Tensas, Chickasaw Bluffs, Arkansas 
Post, Etc. This steamer was a stern wheeler of the first 
class. 

We started for Vicksburg at three o'clock P. M., on the 
21st, being a part of 30,000 men in a fleet of one hundred 



History of the Eighty-Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 49 

steamers. The boats containing our brigade were: "Citi- 
zen," Eighty-Third Ohio; "Hiawatha," Ninety-Sixth Ohio; 
"J. W. Cheeseman," Nineteenth Kentucky; "S. Pringle," 
Sixty-Seventh Indiana; "John H. Dickey," Twenty-Third 
Wisconsin. General Burbridge, Brigade Commander, and 
Staff were on "J. C. Swan," General A.J. Smith, Division 
Commander, and Staff on the "Desark," and General W. 
T. Sherman, Commander in Chief and Staff on the "Forest 
Queen." 

The boats were directed to preserve an interval of 
fifty yards, and maintain this formation as near 
as possible. It was a sight wonderful to behold, but 
dreadful to think about. We moved only by daylight, 
tying up by night, otherwise it would have been too easy 
for a battery or even for riflemen to have made it a very 
precarious voyage. 

One night we tied up at Friar's Point, where it was 
reported that a Union man had been headed up in a barrel 
and rolled into the river. It was thought necessary that 
this be avenged. The boys opened several houses, and, 
the owners being away, they took what they could carry 
and as the fleet steamed away about all the town was 
reduced to ashes. 

Leaving Friar's Point about noon, we tied up at midnight 
below the mouth of White river. At nine o'clock next 
morning we again moved out into the stream, and, passing 
Napoleon, arrived at Gaines Landing where we burned 
all of the houses. The fleet had been fired on at Napoleon 
for the first time, so the gunboats returned and paid them 
their compliments. 

December 24th we reached Milliken's Bend where our 
brigade was ordered to unload, and prepare two days 
rations. The next morning, Christmas Day, we started 
back into the country to destroy a large railroad bridge 
across the Bayou Tensas, belonging to the Shreveport & 



so History of the Eighty-Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 

Vicksburg Railroad. This road was the main artery of 
supply between the cattle and wheat fields of Texas, and 
the Confederate armies East of the Mississippi river. 
The distance was twenty-six miles., an exceedingly long 
march. The men were in light marching order, carrying 
only a blanket apiece. We reached our objective point, 
Dallas Station, very late in the day and immediately began 
the work of destruction. 

The bridge was of wood and two hundred feet long. 
There were two others, smaller ones, and all were destroyed, 
together with all buildings, and Confederate cotton. The 
bridges were piled full of ties, railroad bars and cotton, and 
fired. The great heat warped the iron, rendering it useless. 
The next morning, the work of destruction was continued 
on two smaller bridges, with some warehouses and cotton 
mills that had escaped in the darkness. The job was com- 
pleted about nine o'clock, and after a few hours rest we 
started back. We, being but a small force, were compelled 
to hasten, as the whole Vicksburg garrison was called on 
to go out and crush us, and a light rain had made the 
peculiar soil of that section more slippery than glass, 
making marching extremely difficult. 

We now had the twenty-six miles again to traverse, and 
we were well nigh exhausted. General Burbridge got back 
about midnight, but some of the "gun toters" just made 
it in the morning when the gang planks were being pulled 
in. This was a famous march, and gave the brigade a 
great name. 

Our army status had now been again changed — our 
designation was First Brigade, First Division, Thirteenth 
Army Corps, Sherman's right wing. 

The fleet again started on the 27th, and, turning into 
the Yazoo river, proceeded a few miles and landed. We 
marched through the woods some five or six miles toward 



History op the Eighty-Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 51 

the Chickasaw Bluffs, where we bivouacked within about 
three miles of Vicksburg. 

These bluffs were a range of high hills, a continuation 
of the hills on which Vicksburg was situated. The range 
extended to the banks of the Yazoo, ending at a high 
bluff called Hayne's Bluff, and which was strongly fortified. 
It was attempted to reduce this place by the gunboats, but 
the fort was so high that when they got near enough for 
the guns to be effective, they could not elevate their guns 
enough. When they moved back far enough so they 
could get enough elevation, they were too far away to make 
any impression. This chain of hills was fortified through- 
out its entire length, and it was thought that the city had 
been denuded of troops to meet Grant's forces, which were 
on their wa}^ down from Corinth. In this case, this line 
of fortifications might be successfully turned and give us 
a very short line to the rear of Vicksburg. Owing to the 
slow methods of transmitting intelligence then in use, 
General Sherman was in complete ignorance of General 
Grant's having turned back, thus relieving the rebel forces, 
which immediately hastened back to fill the gap in their 
lines, and avert the threatened danger. Instead, there- 
fore, of finding a weak line, we were confronted with a 
very strong one. 

This Chickasaw Bayou expedition was the first taste 
of real war which we had experienced, and it was a very 
bitter one. It seemed to rain nearly all the time, and 
there was not a spot of dry ground to lie on. We were not 
allowed to build fires, as the smoke would betray our 
position. Some of us, however, made small ones, about 
the size of a tin cup, no larger, and so got some hot coffee. 
I take the following incident from the MS. of Siewers of 
Company F, which will give an idea of what we had to 
endure and what our dansers were: 



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52 History of the Eighty-Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 

"Company F was one day sent out to the edge of the 
bayou and deployed as skirmishers. We put in our time 
trying to pick off the rebel gunners. The trees had all 
been felled, affording quite a protection. While we were 
there, we saw a German regiment draw up about 150 
yards in our rear, and begin to fire at us. They probably 
thought we were rebels and were doing their best to clean 
us out. All we could do was to lie close to the ground and 
take things easy until they learned their mistake. I was 
stretched out between two trees, and at my feet was my 
companion, L. L. Latta. For all the danger we were in, 
I had to laugh, and laughed so loud and so long that finally 
Latta got mad and said things. A shot had struck his 
rifle stock and wounded him in the wrist. AI3' head was 
lying on a limb and I felt a severe shock when the bullets 
struck. The German regiment was called off and we 
also were recalled. 

"When we got back to the regiment, I found that I had 
left my haversack out in front. I told the Captain of it 
and asked permission to go and get it. He said I could 
not but I assured him I could, and anyhow I had to have 
it, for a haversack is a necessity to a soldier. At last he 
said, 'Go ahead.' I crawled out to where I had left it, and 
fortunately found it. After taking a short rest I started 
back, but it was such dreadfully hard work crawling over 
fallen tree trunks that I concluded to run for it. I did 
not think the rebels would hit me, so I jumped up and 
started, leaping over trees and bushes and I doubt not, 
making pretty good time. The enemy peppered me rather 
lively, but fortunately did not hit me. 

"When I got back, the Colonel came up and ordered the 
Captain to get ready to take his Company across the bayou. 
The Captain's face went very pale, but quietly said, 'All 
right.' We then waited for the orders which never came." 



History of the Eighty-Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 53 

It was very fortunate that the orders were counter- 
manded, as it would not have been possible to have effected 
anything. We could lie on the edge of the bank, and, by 
looking through the trees and underbrush, could easily 
see how impossible the attempt would have been. 

The countermanding of the orders was given by General 
A. J. Smith, who did not know of Sherman's order under 
which we were about to proceed. When General Sherman 
demanded an explanation, he was told, not a man of 
his Division should cross that Bayou, and to a further 
demand to know what General Smith intended to do, the 
terse reply was "By God, they shan't chase you" — and they 
didn't. Sherman's troop made a gallant charge, but 
three liiies of rifle pits, with cannon so planted as to rake 
either line from the line above, was too much for any 
assault and they were driven back with great slaughter 
with the rebels in hot pursuit. General Smith was good as 
his word. The chase was short, and the pursuing troops 
quickly returned to their own lines. 

When attending the dedication ceremonies over the 
Ohio Monuments in 1905, General Steven D. Lee (who 
commanded the Southern forces at Vicksburg, in 1862), 
commenting on this assault remarked to a lot of us that 
when he saw our boys start on that ill judged assault, he 
said to his men ''Boys! Boys! This is not war, this is 
murder," and added that nothing so hurt his feelings as 
giving the order to shoot down those gallant men. He 
added that had Sherman gone but a very little way further 
up the Bayou, he would have found the road to Vicksburg 
comparatively open — but Sherman had not reconnoitered 
that far, and made his attempt by the direct road. 

Sherman was a great fighter, but very far from being a 
great soldier. He made a good lieutenant to work under 
orders, but was not a safe leader. Under Grant he did good 



54 Hi5it>aY Or THE Eightv-Third Ohio VoLC^nxEa Istaxt2Y- 

work, and was given more prominence than he deserved 
over others equally or much more worthy. 

As illustrating Sherman's mental workings and lack of 
heart, a contributor writes as follows: 

"In July 1S62. a Sanitary Commission Boat went to 
Memphis, as other boats had done before, to get sick and 
wounded soldiers to bring them to the hospitals in Cincin- 
nati where they could have better care than in Memphis. 
On proffering their request to General Sherman he cursed 
the Sanitar\- Commission as a body doing the army more 
harm in the rear, than the rebels did in front, and refused 
to let a single sick or wounded soldier go. To the remark 
that ver\- many were dying, he returned reply: 'There 
was plent>- of room to bur\- them in Memphis' and the 
boat with its nurses and doctors returned empr>-.'" 

We spent the nights on the wet ground and the days in 
building roads. Had our position been known, we would 
have been shelled out of our boots. 

Our Commander by this time came to the conclusion 
that the attempt was a failure, for about eight o'clock of 
the night of Januan." 1st, the Adjutant came around and 
in a whisper directed us to fall in. We thought it was to 
be a surprise on the enemy, but instead it was a surprise on 
us. for we made a quick march out of the woods and on 
board the boats. The old ''Citizen" once more housed 
us. and we had at last a dr\- plank under us. 

We steamed out of the Vazoo, and turned up stream 
for some destination unknown to us. Fuel for the boilers 
was ver\' scarce and it was a part of our dut\" to bring to 
the river bank, rail-fences, parts of trees, an\-thing, chop 
them into convenient lengths, and pile them on board for 
the furnaces. 

It was not always wood that demanded our care, for 
sometimes when we steamed away a mound or two of 
fresh earth was seen ; silent witnesses of grief in some home. 



History op thb Eighty-Third Omo Voi,umtber Infantry. 55 

For several days we kept this up, so as to get a surplus 
in time of need. While we were busily engaged one day 
in the "rail business" i\rchie Young said, "I don't mind 
the work, but it is the sin of it. Think of it! If it was 
only night, I would not care so much, but in broad daylight, 
when everybody is looking, it makes me blush." 

Early on the 9th of January we were told we must have 
twenty cords of wood on board before breakfast. Well, 
we did it, and started up White river, which the diary 
says, "is the crookedest stream in seven states." At five 
o'clock we reached the "cut off" which was a safe passage 
over into the Arkansas river. This river empties into the 
Mississippi river some 25 or 30 miles below the mouth of 
White river. It was far easier to steam up the broad 
Mississippi and use this cut off than to attempt the crooked 
Arkansas, especially when there was a large sand bar at 
its mouth. 

All this time, our destination was well known to our 
general officers, and it was Fort Hindman, but always 
called by us Arkansas Post. Being in the Arkansas river 
we would have threatened Little Rock had it not been for 
the above named Fort. 

A little after noon on January 10th we disembarked and 
marched about three miles and halted in front of a deserted 
rebel stockade, and prepared to pass the night. We were 
not allowed to stay long, however, and after dark were 
quietly moved forward and laid down in line of battle. It 
was a very cold night, and many were far from comfortable 
to say the least. Called up early on the 11th, we moved 
forward, and were ordered to lie down. We were now 
getting very close to the Fort, and they began to hunt for 
us with their artillery. Balls came screeching through the 
woods, occasionally, the limbs falling in profusion. We 
were in range all night, if the enemy had only known it. 



56 History of the Eighty-Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 

The forenoon passed in making preparation and getting 
into position for assault. 

As soon as the land forces were ready the gun boats 
moved up in range and opened fire on the water side, 
while the land batteries limbered up, and added their 
powers. Soon the rebel artillery was practically silenced, 
and the infantry moving forward began with musketry. 

The Eighty-Third was placed on the left of the first line 
of Smith^te Divfsion, and we were ordered forward with 
instructions to keep in line with the Sixteenth and Sixty- 
Seventh Indiana on our right. The woods were thick with 
under brush, and with a small stream flowing toward the 
river, the line was badly broken. We finally reached a 
fence, at the edge of the woods, and climbing over it, 
moved forward and opened fire. From some cause the 
Indiana regiments on our right broke and fell back, and we 
followed as we had been ordered. There was no panic, 
nobody was scared, all wondering why we fell back. 

General Smith and his staff rode to and fro, pistols in 
hand, to reline the troops and start them in again, and 
Oh! how he swore! (For artistic, and effective profanity. 
General A. J. Smith had no superior, and, coming from 
him, it never sounded wicked. His every word hit the 
nail on the head, while all the air was blue.) We soon 
reformed and moved forward in good order, going to the 
edge of the slashing and to the top of the little rise. The 
fort was now in plain sight and the bullets were singing 
their songs as they flew both ways. We dropped to the 
ground, loaded and fired as fast as we could, or when we 
could see something to shoot at — all the time edging 
toward the fort. Most of the artillery had been silenced 
so that we had only the musketry to face. 

A force also came up on the South side of the river and 
with their artillery knocked off about two feet of the muzzle 
of a large pivot gun in the Southwest corner of the Fort. 



History of the Eighty-Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 57 

We were reinforced by the other brigade and allowed to 
be quiet for a while. We did not lie idle very long, but 
moved forward, and, taking the front of the line, kept up 
a steady fire, so that the enemy could not even look over 
the parapet. 

At one time there was a lull, and all rose up to see the 
cause, but when the "bees began to hum again," we dropped 
down and kept up our stead}^ fire. 

The following description is taken from a pamphlet 
published a few years after the war: 

"The enemy seemed determined to hold the fort, and 
fought like so many tigers. We kept our lines formed as 
well as we could. We were about out of ammunition and 
none could be gotten to us. The Ninety-Sixth Ohio 
Volunteer Infantry and Seventy-Seventh Illinois came to 
relieve us, but the three regiments were so badly mixed up 
that no one could tell one from the other, and no commands 
could bring order out of chaos." 

"This may not be understood by those who never saw 
a real battle, but have formed ideas from pictures which 
put the soldiers all in line. In modern warfare, such a 
line would be cut down like grass before a scythe. When 
the real battle is on, while all try to keep together yet 
everyone looks out for himself. A stump or tree is always 
made use of, and under a heavy fire one of the best points 
about a good soldier is to be able to save himself while he 
fights and kills the enemy. The regiment was never under 
a heavier fire than for the few hours on that day. This 
terrible fighting did not cease until five o'clock in the after- 
noon, when, without warning, white flags were hoisted 
above the works of the enemy." 

All firing instantly ceased. Cheer upon cheer followed, 
while all order being cast aside, every effort was made by 
ever}^ one to be the first in the fort. The flag of the 
Eighty-Third was the first one planted on the rampart. 



58 History of the Eighty-Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 

For two hours and fifty minutes we had been under fire, 
and having received this baptism, we were all full-fledged 
soldiers. The regiment went into the engagement with 
about four hundred men, and lost ten killed and eighty 
wounded, over twenty per cent. The regiment was 
honorably mentioned in official reports, while the Ohio 
legislature showed its appreciation by a unanimous vote of 
thanks. This victory was the first break in the great 
cloud of gloom which had settled over the land since the 
preceding summer. 

It would be scarcely possible to give an adequate descrip- 
tion of the inside of the fort. The shot and shell had torn 
it all to pieces. Dead and wounded were everywhere. 
The casemate with its large gun was rendered utterly 
useless; headquarters buildings were totally wrecked, field 
artillery dismounted. The loss in the fort was fifty 
killed, three hundred wounded, and six thousand prisoners, 
one thousand mules, and a large amount of commissary 
stores. The regiment remained on the ground during the 
12th and 13th, burying the dead, caring for the wounded, 
leveling the earthworks, and transferring the captured 
property to the boats. 

During our stay here, the temperature dropped very 
low. below freezing. Snow and ice were again a familiar 
sight to our Northern eyes. The cold was so intense that 
some had their feet frozen. When we boarded the boats, 
the same conditions prevailed, but harder to endure, as 
we had no way to protect ourselves. It was made still 
worse for us by the sick of the Sixteenth Indiana being 
placed on board our boat. This crowded us very much 
and in addition, there had been no provision made for 
their rations, so we had to share with them. On the 15th 
of January we completed our embarkation, steamed our 
into the Mississippi, and tied up for the night at Napoleon. 



History of the Eighty-Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 59 

It was during these days, from the time of leaving the 
Yazoo, until we arrived at White river, that the army 
became very much discouraged. It got to be a general 
thing for men of all companies to go foraging, allow them- 
selves to be captured and paroled, so as to have a chance 
to get home. Sometimes the parole would be accepted 
from a woman, at least it was so reported. After Arkansas 
Post battle an entirely different and better phase was 
shown on every side. 

At this engagement there were two incidents that deserve 
a place among these pages. One of them is to show the 
difference in the medical department between that which 
confronted us, and what it would be at the present time. 
Looking at it from the height of the present, we wonder 
that the fatalities were not very much greater. 

As an example of the surgery then in vogue the following, 
no doubt, had its counterpart in hundreds, if not thousands 
of instances, and will show the immense amount of needless 
suffering, and often of death, as the result. 

It was given me by D. B. Snow in a letter, as follows: 
"I remind you that my brother-in-law, R. N. John, was 
wounded at the battle of Arkansas Post by a shot through 
the left wrist. He was taken on board the hospital boat 
and five surgeons considered whether or not the hand 
should be taken off. Three voted to permit it to remain, 
and two to take it oft". I chanced to be a clerk at the 
Jefferson hospital at Memphis, Tenn., where he was taken 
as a patient, and several times the chief surgeon ordered 
the amputation, but I prevailed on the surgeon directly 
in charge, to allow it to remain on. I thought if he was 
discharged and removed north, his hand might be saved. 
He was discharged and went home and his hand was saved. 
True, it was not a very good hand but it was far better 
than none, and he lived until October 1910." 



60 History of the Eighty-Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 

The other incident is taken from a letter which Major 
L'Hommedieu wrote immediately after the engagement 
and which was read by his daughter at our Semi-Centennial 
meeting, and which shows in an unmistakable manner his 
personal bravery. He was helping a wounded man off 
the field and to do so, required all parties to keep as close 
to the ground as possible. 

When the duty was completed, the major found that his 
sword had slipped from its sheath. He thought that it 
would never do, for an officer to lose his sword. It would 
require too much explanation. So he crawled back and 
recovered it. This shows an action marvelous for its bravery. 
He knew the danger, and 3^et deliberately made the trip 
despite the death dealing balls that were so thickly flying. 

Leaving Napoleon we proceeded down the river and 
on the twenty-third of January made our final landing at 
Young's Point. 

This was a plantation about ten miles from Vicksburg, 
and was embraced in a huge bend of the river that swept 
down and washed the high bluffs on which was perched 
what is now the historical city of Vicksburg. 

The river was very high, almost bank full; the ground 
was well soaked and consequently, very soft. It took but 
little tramping to have a mud hole, and the teams, especi- 
ally, had a hard time. 

The reason why this place had been selected for a camp, 
was its proximity to the proposed canal across the neck 
of the big bend, which would thus make a cut off through 
which the gunboats, and even the entire fleet could pass 
without danger from the fire of the Vicksburg batteries. 
General Butler had first started this ditch, and General 
Grant said of it, that it could not have been of much use, 
as it ran almost perpendicular to the line of bluffs in the 
East side, and the enemy would plant guns that would 
command it throughout its entire length. 



History of the Eighty-Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 61 

There were very many wet days at this place and often 
time hung rather heavily and it was a question how one 
could properly use the hours. Sometimes one would do 
one thing, and another, another. W. P. John tells how he 
managed to use some of his, and he writes the following 
account which is in his own words: 

"I was casting about for some kind of diversion, when I 
saw a cow on the guards of a steam boat. The idea came 
to me that it would be a good thing to have some milk for 
my coffee. After dark I eluded the sentry, who spent 
the most of his time in fishing on the river side of the boat. 
I clambered along on the outside of the guards until I 
reached the cow. I squatted down and reached for the 
lacteal founts when my hands came in contact with another 
pair on the same errand. Each tried to get away, and the 
other fellow being on the inside beat me off of the boat. 
As soon as the coast was clear I tried it again, but it was 
no go. The cow had been drained and I afterwards learned 
that she had been milked about every fifteen minutes 
since sundown." 

The above shows how the average Yankee soldier keeps 
on the lookout for himself. 

Referring again to Young's Point, it was far from being a 
desirable camp. It was in a cotton field, and the seepage 
from the river, the surface of which was several feet above 
the level of the land inside the levee, kept the ground very 
soft. Some of us managed to get boards for our tent floors, 
but this was the exception and not the rule. Straw or 
anything else than the bare ground was not to be thought 
of, let alone expected. 

About a mile and a half in our front ran the railroad 
which we had cut at the Tensas Bayou, on the preceding 
Christmas. We kept pickets along this "right of way" 
and, it being above the level, afforded the guards a good 
footing of dry ground during the heavy rains. 



62 History of the Eighty-Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 

Details were frequently called for to work on the canal 
before mentioned, besides various other duties at the 
landings. 

There was much sickness and burial parties could be 
seen almost every hour on the levees — the only possible 
place for a grave. 

About the second evening after landing here, we had 
our usual dress parade. When the line was formed, there 
were but eighty men in the ranks, beside the fileclosers. 
Company K had six men. This showing was not very 
encouraging, as we left Cincinnati but a few days less than 
five months before, with 1,010 men in the ranks. It was 
a fearful shrinkage, and mostly attributable to disease. 

While lying in this camp, the river transportation was 
much harrassed by the enemy coming out and firing on the 
passing boats, when unattended by a convoy. It was very 
easy for them to plant a battery of even one gun, which 
could damage if not sink those open, unprotected steamers. 

Greenville, Miss., was a favorite place for such displays, 
and our brigade was ordered out to put a stop to this. 
We boarded the Pembina on February loth and started, 
convoyed by the turreted Monitor Monarch. As we 
approached Greenville a few shells were landed back in 
the woods. 

Landing, we entered a road leading Eastward, made 
mostly of mud, and this was of a consistency that would 
bear nothing owing to excessive rains. In order to keep 
out of the worst of the mire, it had been freshly corduroyed, 
with logs from 6 to 10 inches in diameter, and had been 
down just long enough for the bark to be soaked ready 
to slip. This made the logs as slippery as glass, as many 
a pair of feet found out. There would be a dull thud 
heard and a rattling of tin ware, and everyone would know 
what had happened even if the ears did not hear some 
language that was not commonly used in polite society. 



History of the Eighty-Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 63 

We marched some six or seven miles and were most of 
the day at it. The rest of the brigade took another road, 
and expected to entrap the rebels, but they brought out a 
couple of guns and shelled us so we had to fall back a mile 
or more. We went into camp, so to speak; some in a corn 
crib; some in a pile of ginned cotton. Some sat up all 
night by roaring fires before the huge fireplaces in the 
negro quarters and ate corn bread, roasted sweet potatoes, 
and boiled fowls; while some others, favored of the gods, 
slept in the big house in regular beds with sheets and 
quilts and white blankets. 

The expedition was simply a wild goose chase, as the 
enemy had all the advantages and could withdraw as 
fast as they chose, having a full knowledge of the country. 
When we returned to Greenville which we did the next 
day, a large cotton gin that stood in the edge of town was 
burned as a warning to let our boats alone. If anybody 
should ask if there were such things as chickens, ducks, 
sweet potatoes, pork, salt and fresh, tell them 3'ou don't 
know or "ask the big 5." 

On the ISth of February we steamed up to Cyprus 
Bend, a point on the Arkansas shore, and next morning 
prepared to march into the country after another band of 
guerillas. We had some cavalry along, and they went 
ahead. As a reinforcement, volunteers were called for 
from the infantry. They were expected to ride the mules, 
of which we had quite a number and had been brought 
along to bring back the forage. These mules had never 
been ridden but after several ineffectual attempts by the 
volunteers to get on their backs, they finally succeeded. 
With a gun strapped over the shoulder and no saddle — 
staying on after mounting was no small matter. W^e 
started, however, with the cavalry, marched several miles 
into the country, found the enemy, captured their picket 
post, came to a standstill when the volunteer cavalry dis- 



64 History op the Eighty-Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 

mounted and got into line while the regular cavalry went 
to feel for something to fight. It was easily found, and 
in a few moments the whiz of shells fell on our ears. Know- 
ing that we could easily be cut off from our boats, the order 
was given to start for the river, to prevent such a catas- 
trophe. The cavalry, being already mounted, started, 
regardless of us or the time it would take to get on the 
mules. It was an unusual sight to see us, now on, now 
off and using every effort in our power to keep in sight of 
the regulars in front, and going at full speed. We reached 
the river bank a little ahead of the enemy, and so were 
saved. There we had several dashes from the cavalry, 
but held our foe until we could send word to the boats for 
the rest of the brigade. When these came up, on the 
20th, we resumed the pursuit. All we found was a large 
gun mounted on the front wheels of a wagon, drawn by 
two oxen. We took that and returned to the boats, 
reaching them about sundown, very tired and I ma}^ say 
for the mule riders, very much afflicted. 

Another incident of this raid is related by Wm. H. Davis. 
We were sent to support the outpost with orders to make no 
fires. However, we found a house full of chickens, lots of 
yams, and a big kettle. The temptation was too great, and 
we soon had a roaring fire and spent the night in boiling chick- 
ens, putting the best pieces away and eating wings. When 
we were done, we had a blaze twenty feet high and it was 
not our fault we were not all shot. 

These expeditions were somewhat laborious, and yet 
they always had their compensations. The forage that 
was gathered in was not all for the use of the four-footed 
stock. Pork, alive or dead, became abundant, sweet 
potatoes galore, to say nothing of fowls, meal and molasses. 
Our regular camp fare was always laid aside on such occa- 
sions while we regaled ourselves on what the country 
afforded. On this occasion, while the boat was rounding 



History of the Eighty-Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 65 

to at the camp, orders had been given the officer of the 
day to permit no one to take any of this captured property 
for his own particular use. It must all be pooled and 
distributed in the camp, "share and share alike" with 
those who were not along. 

As we began to disembark, it was comical to see the 
different ways by which this order was circumvented. 
The "big 5" wrapped what each thought he was entitled 
to in his blanket and so* marched off the boat. If the 
officers observed the trick, nothing was said of it. 

March came, and instead of such bleak, blustering 
weather as we had always been accustomed to, we now 
basked in the warm, pleasant atmosphere of a semi-tropical 
region. It was new to us, and at the same time so delight- 
ful! Of course, there were many days when it was un- 
pleasant, but, as a general thing, the pleasant ones pre- 
dominated. 

The time was passed in the usual camp routine, except 
by frequent details for work on the canal. The river was 
rapidly rising, and, as there were several breaks in the 
levee above us, it was only a question of time until we 
should be drowned out. It was a state of affairs that was 
being watched and prepared for. At last we had orders 
to break camp and go on board the boats. The water 
was invading the peninsula, and the last picket detail had 
to wade a part of the way back to camp when they found 
the brigade about ready to board the boats. 

We were assigned to the Spread Eagle, and on March 
12th, 1863, we steamed up the river about twenty-five 
miles, to Milliken's Bend. This camp was on much 
higher ground than the last one, and in a great measure, 
quite dry. There was no immediate danger of overflow, 
but rains were frequent and heavy, and this obliged us to 
guard against local deluges. 



66 History op the Eighty-Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 

We managed to secure some lumber from unoccupied 
houses and proceeded to fix up our tents as inclination or 
ability suggested. Floors, tables and benches were common 
and added much to comfort. The non-commissioned tent 
in Company K had a board floor, with about two feet of 
the center battened, and notched around the tent poles. 
At night the floor was level, but in the morning the battened 
part was raised, propped up to a suitable height, making 
a convenient table for dining or writing purposes. Many 
others had equally as good accommodations. The average 
Yankee had the inclination for good things and the ability 
to procure them, being unwilling simply to exist. 

On March 19th we received a visit from the paymaster, 
and we got our greenbacks up to December 31st which 
still left us over two months in arrears. No one com- 
plained. We were not in the army for money, and con- 
sidered it but the usual fortune of war, and made the best 
of it. Of course we used it, as soon as we got it, but did 
not think life was not worth living when we did not have 
it. We were not built that way. 

The month of March passed and April, with its more 
than balmy days now came. 

During this time, as far as we could see. General Grant 
was trying all kinds of expedients to get a fleet of transports 
below Vicksburg. We were scheduled to prepare for one 
of these trials. On April 6th we were ordered to take in 
our haversacks one day's rations with six more in the 
wagons and move to Mason's plantation, or Walnut bayou, 
a distance of ten miles. The design was to use a chain 
of streams and bayous, when the water was so high, to 
pass from the river above Vicksburg to the river below. 
This would require some digging, and the trees and stumps 
removed from the waterways. This was sometimes called 
the Duck Creek passage. It was found to be about as 



History of the Eighty-Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 67 

chimerical as the famous Northwest passage of past cen- 
turies. 

We spent a week here in pretended labor; all the while 
enjoying the fine products of the planters' smoke house and 
hennery. This enabled us to recruit rapidly from the 
wasted energies of past labors. Having accomplished the 
duty we set out to do, we retraced our steps to the banks 
of the Mississippi, in far better health and spirits than 
when we left. 

The trip was what we would now call a regular little 
outing, and we enjoyed it immensely. 






CHAPTER III. 

Milliken's Bend — Holmes' Plan lation— Hard 
Times Landing — Grand Gulf — DeShroon's 
Landing — Bruinsburg — Port Gibson — Champ- 
ion's Hill — Big Black River — Siege of Vicksburg 
— Siege of Jackson. 

April 14th arrived and with it came the long expected 
marching orders which proved to be the beginning of the 
famous historical expedition which resulted in the siege 
and capture of the Confederate stronghold, Vicksburg. 

It will not be possible to give in exact chronological order, 
and in detail all the events of this wonderful campaign. 
When it began, and as it progressed, the military experts 
of the old world stood aghast and prophesied overwhelming 
disaster. 

The plan, however, was conceived in a brain of mar- 
velous resources, which had marked out a course for an 
army that astounded the world. The military genius of 
the "man of silence" foresaw with clearness all the many 
details which would present themselves, and the many 
obstacles which might, in all probability be placed in his 
pathway, and his provision for meeting all these was 
definite and exact. His lieutenants were of such a caliber 
that he placed full confidence in their ability to second 
him; and the results were just as he had planned. 

How little could we, the units of this great movement, 
comprehend the mighty acts that the pages of history 
would chronicle as the outcome of the movement which 
had its beginning on this balmy April day. All we were 
asked or required to do was to be ready and in our places 
whenever and wherever duty called. 

Sometimes the regiment would be separated for various 
duties, and again we would be all together. To keep a 



History of the Eighty-Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 69 

record, therefore, as near as possible of what the majority 
were engaged in, will be the best that can be done. 

Our general direction was parallel with the river, crossing 
the bends and shortening the march so as to reach some 
point where we might cross to the Eastern side, and be on 
high ground, and free from swamps. We would meet with 
streams, of course, but these could be either forded or 
bridged. 

As we marched on the Louisiana side, the roads were 
very soft, the waters high, so that we often marched along 
the tops of the levees, shinned around the fence rows as 
best we could to keep dry, while the wagon train floundered 
along in the mud. 

At Holmes' plantation, we waited for our wagons until 
the 16th, when they caught up with us. 

That night we were startled and alarmed by very heavy 
cannonading in the direction of Vicksburg, and the whole 
army was very much excited, until it became known that 
six or seven of our best gunboats and as many large trans- 
ports had successfully run past the entire line of batteries 
and were now ready to place the army where it could be 
best used, viz.; on the East side of the river. 

The army had not yet reached the point decided upon 
as the place from which to embark. We had, practically, 
but just started, and much labor was yet required from 
all arms of the service. 

On the 20th the Eight3^-Third had been placed as guard 
at McClernand's headquarters. 

On this march, whenever we were in camp long enough, 
company and battalion drill were required, and the regi- 
ment needed all it could get. 

The same day we were detailed as guard, we embarked 
on the steamer "Silver Moon" and moved down the narrow, 
crooked bayou, on which we were encamped, some distance 
back from the river. 



70 History of the Eight\-Third Ohio Volxtxtber Int.\xtry. 

Finally the steamer ran out into the broad Mississippi, 
and landed at Perkin's plantation, below Xew Carthage. 

On the 2Sth. being received as headquarter's guard, 
the regiment boarded the steamer "Empire City." Quite a 
fleet was now assembled, and in addition to the steamers, 
there were several barges and flatboats lashed to their 
sides. These added ver>- much to their carr>*ing capacity-, 
and were all filled with troops, carn-ing three days' rations 
but no baggage. 

On April 29th we came in full sight of Grand Gulf, at 
Hard Times Landing. 

We were now far below Mcksburg. but not. by any 
means, on the East bank of the big river, where it was 
necessan." we should be to accomplish anything. We must 
now await the next move on this great chess board of war. 
It was no child's play, but a struggle of Titans, \\-ith most 
tremendous interests at stake. 

The enemy had thrown a fence, so to speak, across our 
road. 

Grand Gulf was at the junction of the Big Black and 
Mississippi rivers, forming a large estuar>-, which, at this 
particular time, afforded sufficient water to float the 
heaviest of our gunboats. The land was a promontory 
about 200 feet high, a veritable sentinel of Vicksburg. and 
the only fortified place between that cit>- and Port Hudson. 

This promontory had been fortified ^^*ith the same care 
and skill as had Mcksburg. though of course, not so 
extensively. The fleet was confronted with tier upon tier 
of earth works; battery- upon battery-, filled with very- 
hea\-y- guns. 

It was the expectation that the gunboats, carrying almost 
100 hea\-y guns, would be able to reduce this fort, or at 
least so to silence the batteries that it would be reasonabh' 
safe to allow the steamers with their loads of infantry- to 
run down, quickly unload, storm the heights, capture what 



History of the Eighty-Thtrd Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 71 

had not been already destroyed, and drive away whatever 
support the fort had. General Bowen was present and 
under his command were 5,000 infantry, ensconsed in 
rifle pits, and with several batteries of light artillery capable 
of being moved wherever occasion demanded. The Eighty- 
Third was on a barge, and lashed to a steamer ready for 
the start. We were in plain sight of the fort, and the 
broad surface of the river with the flotilla of war-vessels 
and loaded transports. 

At eight o'clock, the fleet was under way, consisting of 
the Benton, LaFayette, Mound City, Carondolet, Tus- 
cumbia, Louisville, Pittsburg, DeKalb. Mr. C. A. Dana, 
in his special report to the War Department, says there 
were six turtle backs, besides the LaFayette and General 
Price — armed rams. He leaves out the Tuscumbia, but 
the regiment will remember seeing this vessel tied up 
close by the bank where we camped for the night, and 
below the fort, disabled. It was but a short time after 
the gunboats started until they began the attack and it 
was a most wonderful sight. 

All we could do, was to sit still and watch the maneuvers, 
and speculate on how soon we would be called on to move 
out and be exposed to the fire of muskets and artillery. 
The sacrifice would have been fearful, unless the enemy 
had been totally silenced. The troops were as thick as 
they could stand, and aside from the bullets, the boilers 
were no mean danger, as a single shot would destroy a 
vessel and its entire load. This was well known, and it 
was far from a pleasant thought, and no doubt many were 
wishing they might be able to forsee what the day would 
bring forth. 

The battle as we watched it, was a grand and thrilling 
spectacle. Those marine engines of war, steamed in a 
large circle, using the estuary of the big Black. x\s they 
approached the fort, each vessel would fire the bow guns, 



72 History of the Eighty-Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 

as long as they could be made to bear, and as the vessel 
moved around, the side guns Avould come into action, 
then the stern guns, and as the circle was completed, the 
other side guns. One vessel followed another in as close a 
formation as it was possible to maneuver. Hour after 
hour the roar of this huge artillery continued. It was not 
always the noise of our guns that reverberated. The 
sharp, spitting roar of the sixty-eight pounder rifles in the 
fort showed we had no mean antagonists, and they kept 
up the fight with a persistency that showed our Com- 
manders they considered themselves the masters yet. 

For five long hours did this titanic play continue, and 
then, baffled and defeated, the gunboats withdrew. 

As the Benton steamed slowly by our fleet, one of her 
port holes was filled by a large bale of cotton. She had 
been hard hit. The probable result of this battle had no 
doubt been foreseen, for not a moment was lost. We 
rapidly unloaded, and after a short march of about five 
miles, across the neck of land caused by the long bend of 
the river, we found ourselves again on the bank, at De 
Shrank's, far below Grand Gulf Point, and out of reach 
of the guns. 

The same tactics were again resorted to which were so 
successful at Vicksburg. As soon as night fell, the fleet 
again started to run the blockade, and before we had 
covered ourselves with our blankets, the wicked flashes, 
and the rapid boom of the heavy guns told us that the 
fight was on once more. It did not last very long this 
time, and the batteries failed to prevent our passage, 
for in the darkness, with every light extinguished their 
aim was far from accurate, and every boat came through 
unharmed. We now had the means by which the river 
could be crossed unmolested, and we could place ourselves 
on high ground, away from the low swampy land on the 
W^est side. 



History of the Eioiity-Tiiiru Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 73 

The movement began at once, and continued all night, 
so that by morning there was such a strong force ferried 
over, that General Bowen with his five thousand were in 
a very precarious situation. 

At this point, a digression will be pardonable. The 
army had completed a most arduous and fatiguing march. 

On May 3rd, General Grant sent his report which is 
found in the official records of the Union and Confederate 
armies. Series 1, Vol. 24, Part 1, page 33. 

Hd. Qrs. Dept. of Tennessee. 

Grand Gulf, Miss., May 3, 1863. 
Major General Halleck, 

General in Chief, Washington, D. C. : 
This army is in the finest health and spirits. Since 
leaving Milliken's Bend, it has marched as much by night 
as by day, through mud and rain, without tents or much 
other baggage, and on irregular rations, without a com- 
plaint, and w^ith less straggling than I have ever before 
witnessed. 

U. S. GRANT, 
Major General. 

What higher praise could be asked for or expected from 
one of our greatest Commanders whose experience and 
observation would not lead him to bestow unworthy 
praise. 

The Eighty-Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry can take 
the above as their due, and from the very highest authority. 
It is most certainly a record of which we can justly be 
proud. 

General Grant stated the truth exactly. 

Returning now to the narrative, the Eighty-Third being 
in the reserve division, as before stated, did not cross until 
afternoon of the 30th of April. After landing we were 



74 History of the Eighty-Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 

ordered to draw four days rations and make them last 
six, and all that can be crowded into the average haversack 
is three days rations. It looked rather ominous, but it 
was accepted and not a word said. We expected to make 
the best of it, in fact, there was but little thought about it. 

We remained at Bruinsburg the balance of the day, and 
some went to bed in abandoned slave quarters. 

About midnight, a horseman came galloping into camp, 
and loudly inquired "Where are the General's Headquart- 
ers?" 

It was very evident that there was pressing need of our 
presence out towards the front, but no move was made 
for something like a half an hour, when suddenly the 
bugles woke the echoes, and, incidentally the sleeping 
soldiers. As soon as our traps could be folded and buckled 
into place, the commanding voices of our officers were 
heard, "Fall in! fall in!!" They said our forces had met 
the enemy, which had no doubt been reinforced, but it 
was not known to what extent. It was a necessity, there- 
fore, for the reserve to move within supporting distance, 
though the enemy had been driven all the preceding day. 
This position of reserve, long before assigned to us, is by 
far the most laborious; the least glorious; and frequently 
the most dangerous; often under fire with no chance to 
return it. 

We soon found that marching up and down the Missis- 
sippi hills, even if they were not very high, was far different 
and more tiresome than the level ground on the West 
side, and we soon became very much wearied. 

The sound of cannonading, however, was imperative in 
its summons. In order that we might move with greater 
celerity, knapsacks were ordered off, and piled along a 
fence, with a guard for them. 

Grand Gulf had been evacuated, and General Bowen 
having been reinforced, his forces now numbered some 11,000 



History of the Eighty-Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 75 

men, and he was in our front, between us and Port Gibson. 

We made good time and were close by at nine o'clock, and 
the enemy was met at Magnolia church. 

D. J. Ireland says that when we were filing into this 
field a circumstance brought to his mind how he hated 
history as he had to memorize battles, dates and places 
and be punished if he failed. It was when filing into this 
place that he saw a fine looking old gentleman (who was 
probably some visitor at Headquarters) dressed in a black 
dress suit, and mounted on a dilapidated gray horse with 
saddle to match. He was a tall man with white hair and 
beard and his whole soul seemed bent on doing something 
to help out the fight. He was earnestly haranguing the 
troops as they filed by. The only words Company K 
caught as we passed were, "Go on my men, you are doing 
well, you're making history very fast, you're making history 
very fast." Dave says he smiled as he said to himself, 
"yes, making more history for the coming child to memo- 
rize." 

During the day, we were exposed to the enemy's fire 
but very little. In the afternoon, we were lying in a 
grassy valley; the most of us being asleep. We were 
suddenly aroused by a volley fired into us from the ad- 
joining hill. A few slight wounds were all the result. 
Company F was sent to see what was on the top of the 
hill. A few of the enemy were seen running, but no 
infantry force. A battery was discovered on a distant 
hill, and the skirmishers, getting close enough, began on 
it. We were afterwards told that more than half the men 
of the battery were killed or wounded. 

Night now came on, and we had to rest the best way we 
could, without blankets. The team to bring up our knap- 
sacks had lost its way and been delayed. It was quite 
cool, but we managed to have some fires and so got through 
the night even if it was uncomfortable. 



76 History of the Eighty-Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 

The next morning we started forward in line of battle, 
but in coming out into the road, found it littered with 
debris of every kind from a fleeing army, from canteens 
to artillery. 

We knew they were on the retreat, so we swung into 
column of fours, our marching order, and were soon treading 
the streets of Port Gibson, 

This was a small town on the banks of Bayou Pierre. 
There had been a suspension bridge here, but it had been 
wrecked, in the hopes of delaying our army. Yankee 
ingenuity soon overcame that. The stream was deep, 
sluggish and about forty feet wide. Teams soon brought 
the dry trunks of trees, logs, rails and boards, anything 
that would float and piled them into the water. 

When it seemed that there was a sufficient amount of 
buoyancy it was thought best to try and see if it would 
"fill the bill." The trial was made by a piece of artillery 
and four mules. They started over and when about 
midway, the "bridge" tipped over and the whole outfit 
went to the bottom in fifteen feet of water to rise no more. 
It was rather an expensive trial, but better that than a 
column of infantry. After this trial, there was nothing 
else to do but pile on more floatable material. Of course 
it took a good deal, but enough was put in so that its 
buoyancy was sufficient to bear up even the artillery. 
This obstacle was thus overcome. It has been stated in 
Gerard's History, that the pontoon here was made of 
rubber boats, but in no diary from which this narrative 
has been compiled, has there been found anything to 
substantiate it. Nor can any living witness be found to 
corroborate it. 

From Port Gibson, the Eighty-Third moved to Willow 
Springs where it lay for a couple of days, as guard to a road 
which it was feared the enemy would take in an endeavor 
to escape, and probably get into our rear and harass us. 



History or the Eighty-Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 77 

Our coffee here ran short, and the woods furnishing an 
abundance of sassafras, we used that as a substitute. 
Sassafras tea versus coffee, but we considered it as one 
of the things to endure and said nothing. 

We spent the time in foraging, individually and col- 
lectively, and did not suffer for food except for bread. 

On the 7th we moved to Rocky Springs and camped 
on a branch of Big Sandy Creek, nineteen miles from Port 
Gibson. It was at this camp that we received some hard 
tack, and the excessive amount was a cracker and a half 
to last a day and a half. The brigade had a flock of sheep 
along, and we were told, if we wanted one, to go and get 
it. I think it was John Beard went with me, and we made 
one into mutton in very short order. Taking it to camp, 
we sliced it up, fried it, and ate it all for supper and break- 
fast, the two of us. One thing is certain, either the sheep 
was a small one or we were very hungry. 

At noon on the 9th orders came to move. We marched 
three miles and stopped near Big Sandy. We marched 
ten miles the next day, through Cayuga, camping near the 
town, some twenty miles from Jackson. On May 12th 
we moved out on the Baldwin's Ferry road about three 
miles, turned to the right about seven miles further, and 
came on some rebel pickets, which we drove off. 

Next day, the 13th, we came back on the same road to 
Bethesda Church and took a road that led into Raymond. 
We marched about seven miles and bivouacked for the 
night. It rained next day, and on the loth we moved 
towards Raymond. As we approached the town, we saw 
the ground seamed and furrowed by cannon shot, trees 
shattered, limbs torn off and strewn on the ground. We 
knew what had taken place there. We passed a church 
that was being used as a hospital. A few were standing 
outside and one grey-coated man was heard to remark 



78 History op the Eighty-Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 

when he saw what a short Hne the Eighty-Third made, 
"Not much bigger than one of our companies." 

We went into camp about a mile beyond Raymond. 
From there on the 16th we turned Westward towards 
Edwards, on the Vicksburg and Jackson raihoad. After 
going some five or six miles, we turned due West, and met 
the enemy drawn up to dispute our progress. This was 
the beginning of our part in the famous battle of Champion's 
Hill. 

The main force of the enemy was on the Jackson road, 
some one or two miles North, with their right resting on 
this road over which we were marching. Their force in 
our front was not a heavy one, as they knew our force was 
equally light. As we came out on the first hill, we could 
look across the valley, and see their skirmishers hurrying 
out of the gullies and depressions, and getting back to 
their main line. It was probably a half a mile from this 
crest to the crest of another, which was a wooded hill. 
Our line of battle advanced across this valley, and came 
up to this second hill and was there met with a greater 
resistance. On this hill, nestling in a wilderness of flowers 
and shrubbery and large forest trees, stood the comfortable 
Coker house, with its large, airy hall running from end to 
end. It stood on brick pillars, some three feet or more 
above the ground, allowing a free circulation of air, a very 
necessary thing in that climate. 

Over on our right the battle soon began to rage fiercely, 
and became one continued roar of artillery and rattle of 
small arms. A dense cloud of powder smoke arose, but 
we were unable to see anything, the distance being too 
great and too many intervening trees and heavy under- 
brush. 

The Jackson road and our road formed a junction about 
four or five miles West, and commanded the rear of the 
enemy's forces. As the}' began to feel themselves over- 



History ok the Eighty-Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 79 

powered, they knew it was a necessity for them to be sure 
that our part of the line should stay where it was, and not 
threaten this junction. 

In the afternoon, they moved a battery to an adjoining 
hill on the South side of the road, and opened out on us 
with all the vim and power they possessed. They scattered 
solid shot, shells and shrapnel all over that hill top, until 
it would seem that not a living thing could possibly be left 
alive. Our batteries replied, supplemented by as sharp a 
musketry fire as it was possible to make, every man loading 
and firing to the best of his ability. 

For several hours this duel was continued; the heavens 
reverberated; the ground shook; the very atmosphere 
seemed charged with the furious, villainous fires of Hell. 
This very vigorous defence prevented our advance, and 
as their line broke, on the other road, the way of retreat 
was left clear. 

At the dedication of the Ohio Monuments in 1905, I 
had a long conversation with the Confederate General, 
Stephen D. Lee. Reviewing this battle, I asked him the 
pointed question: "Suppose that McClernand had vigor- 
ously charged down this road, or swung far enough around 
so as to flank this battery and got near enough to control 
this junction, what would have been the result?" He very 
quickly and decidedly replied, "Not a man of us would 
have got away." 

McClernand should have been cashiered for not doing 
this very thing. He seemed to have the knack of not 
doing the right thing and of foiling the plans of General 
Grant whenever he could. 

This chance was plainly seen by General Burbridge, who, 
in his report of this battle, in Vol. 24, Series 1, Part 2, Page 
32, says: 

"It was my conviction at the time, confirmed by all I 
have learned since, that properly supported by General 



80 History of the Eighty-Third Ohio Volunteer Inpantry. 

Blair's Division, we could have captured the whole force 
opposed to us, and reached Edwards Station by sunset." 

But it was not to be, and this caused many weary weeks 
of labor and hundreds of lives. 

There were several incidents in our front connected with 
this day, some humorous, some tragic. Our losses were 
comparatively small, considering the mass of iron and balls 
that hurtled over that ground. 

The Eighty-Third lost but three, several were stunned 
but eventually recovered and returned to the ranks. 

The Seventeenth Ohio battery lost about half their 
horses. 

The rebel general, Tilghman, was killed. James T. De 
Mar, orderly of Company B, afterwards its commander, was 
firing from behind a large gate post, when along came a 
piece of a shell and severed his haversack strap. As the 
bag dropped, he quickly grabbed it and grumblingly 
anathematized the enemy as trying to cut off his supplies. 
It was a lucky thing he was not cut off. 

The Coker house came in for a full complement of bullet 
marks. One cannon shot went straight through the house, 
boring a beautiful three inch round hole through both 
outside window and inside door casings, the doors being on 
opposite sides of the wide hall, and in exact line of the 
windows. In the room nearest the battery was a piano, 
standing diagonally across the room, with the corner just 
in the right place to be in the path of the ball. Of course 
it was knocked off, but the tones were all left. After 
the siege, on our road returning from Jackson, we stopped 
a while on this hill, and Sergeant Snow took the occasion 
to try the piano, and it furnished very good music as his 
fingers flew over the keys. The last heard of it was that 
it was yet in Edwards, sadly run down, it bringing but 
$5.00 at its last sale. 



I 



I 




MRS. M. M. ClIAMIMOX, 
At Age of ScNcnty-sevcn years and eight montlis. 



October 8th, 1827. 



December 17th, 1!K)7 



History of the Eighty-Third Ohio Volunteer Inpantrv. 81 

We remained on the battle field all night, and the next 
morning found the enemy in full retreat. We followed over 
a road that from Edwards was littered with everything 
imaginable that belonged to an army. 

It seems appropriate in this place, to write something of 
the Champions — owners of the Champion's Hill battle 
ground. Mr. Champion was an officer in the army resisting 
our approach. Mrs. Champion was at home until warned 
to flee, and was within sound of the battle from her place 
of refuge. Her mansion was turned into a hospital and 
some time later was burned, but this was an accident, not 
an act of vandalism. After the exciting events of the 
campaign, the family returned and occupied a smaller 
house on the place. Mr. Champion died soon after the 
war, but Mrs. Champion continued to live on the old place 
until 1907, when she went to reside with relatives in Ed- 
wards. Such a battle field as Champion's Hill has always 
been visited by large numbers of soldiers of both sides, and 
it was the good fortune of the Secretary of the Eighty- 
Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry Association to visit the 
field in November, 1904, with a large Indiana delegation 
locating their various monuments. A dozen or more asked 
for dinner and were well entertained, for all of which 
no pay would be accepted, the dear old lady saying she 
had welcomed every old soldier who visited the place, 
from either side, and had never accepted any remuneration. 
When the delegation of eleven from the Eighty-Third 
visited the place in May, 1905, it was a general regret that 
Mrs. Champion was not at home. When the Secretary 
again visited the place in November, 1907, on the occasion 
of the meeting of the Army of the Tennessee in Vicksburg, 
she was again away, having removed permanently to 
Edwards, but Colonel Montgomery, of Edwards, kindly 
invited several of us to supper, promising that Mrs. Cham- 
pion could be seen. A very delightful call was made but 



82 History of the Eighty-Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 

the following month the sad news of her death came, and 
thus passed a noble woman of most kindly nature and 
generous impulses. Had all the women of the South been of 
her temperament, it would have moderated the feelings of 
bitterness at last happily dying out, and now practically 
ended. 

The next line of defense was a series of very elaborate 
rifle pits at the crossing of Black river. 

Here is where General Grant wanted the enemy to hold 
us in check, and for them to think we were not able to 
force a passage. The reason was, to enable General 
Sherman to throw his corps across their path, between 
them and Vicksburg, and so capture the whole army. Here 
again McClernand made a failure and the long siege was 
the result. Two chances to capture Pemberton's army and 
Vicksburg at the same time, fouled by McClernand. 

General Grant said more than once that McClernand 
was an officer in whom neither he nor the army had any 
confidence and these two instances are in corroboration. 

General Grant said in his reports that McClernand's 
Corps gave him more anxiety than all the rest put together. 

The resistance at Black river was but feeble, though the 
rifle pits were good, and they had several pieces of artillery. 
Our forces did not wait for them to recover from their 
demoralization of the day before, and immediately attacked. 

The Eighty-Third was on the extreme left and charged 
across an open field, with fixed bayonets. The enemy in 
our front was a Tennessee regiment. They did not wait 
for us to get within reach of them, but threw down their 
guns and hoisted bunches of cotton on ramrods, bayonets, 
anything so we could see their surrender. Afterwards, 
many showed that their guns had not been fired and some 
not even loaded. 

The general results are all recorded in history and not 
needed here. 



History of the Eighty-Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 83 

On May 18th we crossed Black river, marching eleven 
miles and camped for the night. 

Our army was now drawing its folds irresistably around 
the doomed city on the hill, and its inhabitants must have 
been filled with dread and anxiety about their immediate 
future. Their armies had been defeated time after time; 
they had lost men, munitions of war, and artillery and 
were now compelled to give up a long line of very strong 
fortifications that reached from the City, twelve miles along 
the Chickasaw bluffs, to the Yazoo, with all of its equip- 
ment. It would seem as if blank despair would have filled 
their hearts and have taken away all desire of resistance 
and even hope of life. 

On the 19th of May, our lines were pushing for positions, 
and, for the first time, came in sight of those fortifications 
which we had labored so long and marched so far to attack. 

It is difificult here to separate the unit from the mass; 
difificult to sa}' this regiment was distinct in its labors and 
duties from that regiment. The lines were so closely 
intermingled; the individual members so closely associated 
in their deadly endeavors; that it is hardly possible to make 
much distinction 

There was a general feeling that every man was expected 
to do his full duty, no matter if he was in front of some other 
regiment than his own. Our work was cut out for us; it 
was lying in plain sight, and to shirk our manifest duty, 
was far from the thoughts of any. Personal danger, 
personal discomfort or personal hardship, hunger, thirst, 
weariness, were never thought of for a moment, or, thought 
of only to endure. 

It is hardly possible to convey in words an adequate 
idea of the magnitude of the task before us. None of us 
realized it; none of us came anywhere near comprehending it. 

In 1905 I was on the same ground and had several 
conversations with the Confederate General, Stephen D. 



84 History of the Eighty-Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 

Lee, who commanded their right from the raih'oad around 
to the river. 

He said, "We had the only line of continuous hills from 
the river above to the river below; we had fortified it 
with the greatest military skill; while to you were left 
the spurs and the hollows." This was a fact. They 
had all the advantages while we had all the disadvantages, 
so that we had to make up in numbers and skill that which 
would bring about an equality. 

But conclusions were to be tried to see if it would be 
possible to bring this stronghold under subjection with- 
out a long siege. As the lines were drawn closer and 
closer, the strength of the skirmishers was increased to 
almost a battle line. So passed the 19th, 20th and 21st 
of May. 

Owing to the strength of the skirmishers and their great 
proficiency in marksmanship, the enemy found it exceed- 
ingly difficult to use their artillery with any degree of effect. 

The days were consumed in placing our forces; getting 
batteries in position, and learning the forts and enemy's 
positions by active firing trials at frequent intervals. 

An incident of May 20th is worth recording. In study- 
ing the position of the rebel works. General Grant and 
his staff rode through our regiment on one of the near 
hills. With his glass he observed up and down the line, 
writing his orders, and delivering them to his different 
commanders. We were interested spectators, and our 
respect for General Grant prompted us to observe silence, 
but the gnawings of hunger overcame some of the ruder 
ones, and despite reproof from our officers they began to 
call out "Crackers! crackers!! crackers!!!" General Grant 
paid no attention, but calmly finished his work; then when 
ready to leave he turned suddenly to the regiment and 
said, "Boys, General Sherman has forced his way over 
Haynes' Bluff, and connected with the boats in the Yazoo. 



History of the Eighty-Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 85 

The wagons are there now loading, and I doubt not yours 
are there too, and as soon as they can cover the distance 
you will have all you want." The boys cheered, and 
sure enough next morning we had full supplies. 

On the 21st the Eighty-Third was ordered up near the 
front, and stationed in a deep gully just north of the road. 
This gully was eventually the camp of the brigade. The 
fateful 22nd of May dawned. All knew that there was 
serious work ahead. It was to be tried whether or not 
the fortifications opposed to us were sufficient to prevent 
the Union Army from running over them, and taking 
possession. A charge along the whole line was ordered 
at 10 o'clock. 

In our front, Benton's brigade was to take the lead, 
supported by Burbridge's brigade. Owing to the crooked 
ravines, Benton's brigade and Burbridge's became so mixed 
up that there was no organization that could keep lines 
distinct. 

The following description of that day is taken from a 
memorandum of a comrade of the regiment. "The troops 
were massed in sheltered places as quickl}^ and unob- 
servedly as possible. Most of the artiller}^ had, by this 
time been placed in position, and, at the signal, two hun- 
dred guns belched forth hoarse thunder. The startled 
hills trembled to their foundations. The flight of the 
rifled balls cut the air with horrid screech, and gun and 
shell pointed all the atmosphere with a sulphurous breath 
whose fumes rose like exhalations from the infernal pit. 

"For twenty minutes the storm raged and then came 
a silence filled with a foreboding which language fails to 
express; imagination is powerless; it could only be felt, 
not described. Men felt the impress of the Invisible, 
for Eternity lay between the bottom and top of that hill. 
'Twas but a moment. The command was given, the liiie 



86 History of the Eighty-Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 

dressed, and, elbow to elbow that thirteen miles of blue 
moved towards the Confederate works. 

"We reached them, that was all. Those massive re- 
doubts and miles of rifle pits had not been built to be 
turned over, with onl}^ slight resistance, into the hands 
of an enemy. Every embrasure and every foot of rifle 
pit blazed, and smoked, and hissed, and hurled volleys 
of multitudinous death. 

"We reached the brow of the hill and threw ourselves 
flat upon the ground to escape the withering fire from the 
trenches. A few reached the ditch in front of the fort 
and were rescued only by digging a passage way to the 
ditch from the brow of the hill. We were so close to the 
enemy's works that from the front they overlooked us and 
threw hand grenades into our ranks, while a murderous 
fire from the hill on our right enfiladed us and depleted 
our ranks. For ten long hours we lay upon the brow 
of that hill in the scorching sun of an unclouded summer's 
day. 

"Right and left, pale and blanched, stretched upon the 
greensward, lay the forms of our comrades, heedless of 
the storm that raged about them." 

Douglas Hutchins of Company K had been killed im- 
mediately on our reaching the hill, being shot in the top 
of his head, while crawling rapidly on hands and knees to 
the edge of the cut where the Baldwin's Ferry road passed 
the fort, and less than ten yards from the fort. Being 
so close to the rebel works, and his death being instanta- 
neous, he was not carried off, although his comrades were 
right by him all day, and he was the only one of our regi- 
ment left on the field. Corporal Davis will never forget 
the experience of this 25th day of May (and it happened 
to be his nineteenth birthday anniversary), when the truce 
was granted to remove or bury the dead. He was de- 
tailed with four comrades to bury Hutchins, and did so 



History op the Eighty-Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 87 

on the spot where he fell, as three days of sun and rain 
had made the body in such a condition, that it was im- 
possible of removal. Meantime the rebels and Union 
forces were in close intermingling, laughing and talking, 
right where this sad duty was being performed, making 
a picture with strange minglings of light and shade, with 
cheerful boasting on one side, and good natured defiance 
on the other, followed, as soon as the burials were over, 
with the sharp crack of the sharpshooter's rifle, and the 
more emphatic roar from the batteries. 

The stone marking the farthest point reached by our 
regiment during the assault, is the spot where Hutchins 
fell. 

Twilight came, but the conflict ended not until darkness 
settled down over the hills, and the stars, one by one, 
silently took their stations in the blue vault above. Then 
we withdrew and left the field to the enemy and the dead. 

The loss to the Eighty-Third on that miserable day was 
four killed and twenty-six wounded. It must certainly 
have exceeded four killed as Company K lost two, Company 
E one. Company G one and one of Company K died next 
day and one each of Company H and E within three days. 
Colonel Moore in his official report gives twenty-four 
killed and wounded. This difference can be accounted 
for by the fact of several being wounded but slightly, not 
enough to require them to go to the hospital. 

The prolongation of the battle with its consequent loss 
could have been very much curtailed had not McClernand 
falsely reported that in our front, the outer works were in 
our possession. This caused General Grant to persevere 
which he would not have done had he known the real 
facts. At the end of three days a truce of two and a half 
hours duration was arranged for, to bury the dead. The 
silence was most profound. Each side came out and words 
were passed as the two armies laughed and joked one 



88 History of thb Eighty-Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 

another, telling how each was succeeding. Some said they 
could hold out for six months while others said they were 
then on half rations. 

The truce came to an end and the rattle of musketry 
began anew. 

When the regiment withdrew, it was placed in the 
position it held during the entire siege. In some way, we 
were placed left in front, in other words, with our backs 
to the enemy, and so remained. 

This error, however, was not made unconsciously. We 
had been on the battle line from middle morning that 
celebrated May 22nd, within a few feet of the fort on the 
Baldwin's Ferry road, until near dark, when General 
Quinby's Division came to relieve our lines. His troops 
were quickly driven off before we had fairly started down 
the ravine, and we were rushed up a hill to intercept the 
pursuing rebels, and held there until fully nine o'clock. 
When we finally marched back to our ravine, we were 
too tired to care just how we were arranged, the ravine was 
too narrow for a countermarch in the dark, so we camped 
as the line happened to be, and the activities following 
gave no time for change. 

It was now very evident, that the only chance to gain 
the city was by the slow process of a siege. 

First, as to our camp. We were in a deep gully, perfectly 
shielded from all possible danger from the enemy's artillery. 
The weather was such that we needed only a slight shelter, 
more from the sun than an3^thing else. A small stream 
of water ran out of the hill-side very close to Company B. 
An empty barrel was sunk, so that not only our regiment 
but the whole brigade had a good supply of water, clear 
and free from contamination. 

The Colonel's headquarters were in a shad 3^ nook, a 
short distance back, a stream of water flowing near by. 



History of the HioiiTY-TiiiRD Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 89 

Burbridge's and Smith's tents were still farther back, 
under a leafy shade and entirely out of reach of all missiles. 

The hill in our front was steep, and b^^ the use of shovels 
was made into benches and level places for our company 
tents and sleeping places. 

All along the top of the hill, there was a trench dug, 
some thirty inches deep, and the dirt thrown on the outside 
into a ridge. In this pit we could gather in case of a 
vsortie or some such necessity. We really had but little 
use for this first rifie pit, though it added to our feeling 
of security. 

In order to make a new line or construct a branch rifle 
pit, a detail of men were taken to the place designated, 
after dark. In this case, the enemy all being inside their 
works, we could take our places without first driving them 
away. 

The men were placed as close together as they could 
work and wield a pick or shovel. The hot sun had baked 
those clay hills until they were almost as hard as cast 
iron. When once the work was started, there were no 
changes, as it was too dangerous and time was quite an 
element. 

Every man had to put in his best licks all night long or 
morning would find the workers without sufficient pro- 
tection. The work was started in digging a trench about 
two feet wide and the utmost that could be accomplished 
that night would be a trench that sloped to a sharp point 
at the bottom, and not over two feet deep. This would 
make a ridge on top of about one foot in height, as it was 
piled on the outside, towards the enemy. Of course, it 
could have been higher, but it must be thick enough to 
stop a bullet. All together from thirty to thirty-six inches 
was all the protection we had for the night's work. 

The digging during the day had to be done on our 
knees, always remembering to keep our bodies and heads 



90 History of the Eighty-Third Ohio Voi,unteer Infantry. 

well down, else we might have no further use for them. 
In this way the pits were deepened and widened, affording 
greater protection. Some trenches were made wide enough 
and deep enough for the passage of a wagon or piece of 
artillery, including horses. 

During all these days there was constant picket firing. 
Our pits were kept manned with a heavy force with instruc- 
tions to give them no rest day or night. It was a risky 
thing for anyone on either side to stick his head above the 
protecting dirt. 

It was said that one of the enemy on waking from sleep 
one day and stretching, exposed himself too much, and lost 
his life. 

On our side, as the pits were completed some would take an 
ammunition box which was some 14 by 12 by 8 inches, and 
fill it with dirt. When this was placed on top of the bank, 
the dirt would be dug from under it and from this open 
place as a kind of port hole, a gun could be fired with the 
head protected. Some times, however, the hole being 
large, the enemy could see when some one was behind it 
and so pick him off, but that was seldom. The enemy 
made long, pointed boxes and sunk them deep in the bank. 
This allowed narrow range, but it was safer. 

The days of May and June went by in the everlasting 
dig, dig, digging. 

Our batteries were entrenched, our pits enlarged and 
strengthened until they were veritable forts themselves, 
and which it would have been fool-hardy for the enemy to 
think of trying to pass. By degrees, they were extended 
until every hill right up to their works was fortified. As 
described before, the most of this was done by night. 
When we had our pits and batteries as close as we could 
make them parallel to those of the enemy, a series of 
approaches was made, directly toward the enemy. 



History of the Eighty-Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 91 

This was accomplished by a large roller made of bundles 
of cane, placed directly across the designated approach 
and rolled forward as the ditch lengthened. Immediately 
behind this protection, the ditch was covered with heavy 
plank, with just space enough left to throw out the dirt. 
The enemy also countermined and the noise of their picks 
could be heard. Besides, they would light the fuse of a 
six pound shell, and by means of a springboard, hurl it 
over the roller in hopes it would drop into the ditch where 
we were at work. We had the planks over the top to 
prevent this. If the shell fell outside of the crest of the 
dirt, it rolled away from the ditch; otherwise it would roll 
on the plank, and in case it could find no hole to drop 
through, there explode. 

One of these approaches was in our immediate front. 
We had worked it to within about twenty-five feet of the 
enemy's fort. 

A spring-board, or catapult, had been installed ready 
for our use also, when the surrender came. 

There were many diversions during these days of our 
monotonous duty, though they generally occurred at night. 

The days were exceedingly hot, but we basked in the 
cooler air of the hill tops in the evening, having become 
inured to danger and thinking but little about it. 

One of the beautiful sights at this time was the huge 
13-inch shells, as they rose from the mortar boats, which 
were located some miles above the city. 

A copy of John Short's note-book, Company E, gives 
the following description: 

"But let us view the line by night. Take your stand 
with me on yonder hill. It isn't safe but we will take the 
chances. To the left the line is obscured, but to the right, 
stretching away for miles are the rifle pits, blazing with 
musketry. On yon summit stands Fort Hill and the 
opposing works, fringed with the gleam and sparkle of 



92 History of the Eighty-Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 

combat. In the West is a faint flash, a mere glimmer as 
of Hghtning below the horizon, followed by a report of 
distant thunder. There shoots above the hill a point of 
light like a meteor going heavenwards. Up, up, up, with 
graceful curves it goes, and now it pauses, just an instant 
in mid-air, and then turns earthward. The air is troubled 
and shivers with the whir of rushing pinions, and the shiver 
deepens to a roar like the mad fury of an on-coming cyclone; 
the point of light glares like the eye of a demon, and now 
it bursts, and sends a tremor through the everlasting hills." 

Every regiment had a definite place assigned in a line 
of battle upon the crest of the hills, so that, in case of an 
alarm or an attempt to break our lines, and escape, every 
man was to repair to his designated place at once. 

June passed — July came. The heat was intense. Ru- 
mors flew thick and fast. We knew the time was growing 
short. The grip was becoming tighter and tighter, until 
at last the thread broke. 

The following is a copy of a manuscript of Thos. J. 
Chard, written ten years ago for this very purpose, and 
given to the committee of McComas, Carey and Davis, 
who were preparing data. The letter is here given in full, 
as it is a most interesting and accurate account: 

Cincinnati, Ohio, Jan. 25, 1902. 
Wm. H. Davis, 

Dear Comrade: 

Yours of the 24th at hand and contents noted. 
In reply find plain statement of facts without embellish- 
ments. 

The morning of July 3rd, 1863, I was in the advance 
rifle pits at Yicksburg. Between 9 and 10 o'clock, the 
white flag appeared and two Confederate ofiicers came 
out of their works. Not being on duty and knowing 
something unusual was about to happen, I made quick 



History of the Eighty-Third Ohio Voi.untivKk Infantry. 9'S 

time back to camp to tell the boys. As I was about re- 
turning; to the front, 1 met a captain escorting the two 
officers who made inquiry as to the location of Gen. A. 
J. Smith's Headquarters. I conducted them there and 
heard them introduced to General Smith as General Bowen 
and Colonel Montgomery. I went right up to General 
Smith's tent door with them, saw them enter and take 
seats, when in not more than two minutes General Smith 
reappeared, mounted his old bay horse, so familiar to the 
boys of the old 10th Division, and was away without an 
orderly or anyone else, for General Grant's Headquarters. 

I was struck with the dignified bearing of General Bowen 
and remarked to General Smith's orderly that he looked 
more like a preacher than a soldier, for he rebuked Colonel 
Montgomery for being profane in remarking to the captain 
who conducted them that we must have the whole damned 
country around them dug up. 

I always considered this an epoch in my life that will 
never be effaced while memory lasts. 

Why, even now I could conduct them to the spot where 
General Smith's tent stood. 

Very truly yours, 

THOS. J. CHARD. 

It truly was an episode in Comrade Chard's soldier life 
and he has told it well. The story brings back to mind 
all the details of that wonderful, that memorable day. 
Many of us will remember it. Chard has probably given 
it in a fuller measure than any one else is capable of doing. 
All the diaries available give but one version, and none 
as interesting as the account of Chard's. All mention 
the white flags waving over the earth works, and above 
all, the wonderful silence that enveloped us. For forty- 
seven days we had heard nothing but the roar of cannons, 
the sharp crack of musketry. It never ceased day or 



94 History op the Eighty- Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 

night. To go up on the hill top was but to invite some 
marksman to try his skill at long range. All was now 
changed. Life was again secure in what had once been 
very dangerous places. 

And the rejoicing! Not so much in loud and boisterous 
hilarity, as in a deep, heartfelt sensation and satisfaction 
that we had so successfully accomplished what was such 
a gigantic task. 

So passed the evening and the silent stars looked down 
on the sleeping hosts as the hours of the night sped away 
and waited for what the coming natal day of our beloved 
country would bring forth. 

As yet there was no definite word as to what we might 
expect. The two officers who came through our lines were 
not of sufficiently high rank to meet our Commander-in- 
Chief. He would neither meet, nor treat with anyone 
but their Chief Commander, and they had to return and 
arrange with General Pemberton for a meeting. 

All this is now a matter of history, and has no place in 
the annals of the Eighty-Third, except so far as these 
great results affected the health and spirits of the rank 
and file. 

July 4th, 1863, witnessed the official surrender. It 
was certainly a sight that filled us with joy to see the enemy 
come out in front of their forts in long lines, stack their 
arms, and then leave them. 

The rear of our army had been threatened by General 
Johnston, who had a force in the vicinity of Black river. 
As this must be met, we had marching order§ to start im- 
mediately, with five days' rations. The order, however, 
was held in abeyance until the next morning. There was 
a feeling that we should be allowed at least to view the 
scenes of our long and severe labors from the other side, 
and be able to take with us into our future lives, the recol- 
lection of the sights which the beleagured city would pre- 



History of thb Eighty-Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 95 

sent. The day was therefore granted to us, and although 
there was a strong cordon of guards, yet they were very 
generous in their inability to see any one wearing a blue 
uniform and with his face and feet pointed towards the 
river. 

July 5th ******* -j-j^jg narrative will halt here 
while the hands of time will be moved forward forty-two 
years. It seems a very proper place, while all the above 
narrative is fresh in mind to see what has been done on 
and about the old battle field, during these following years ; 
to see if neglect and the ravages of time and the elements 
have in any manner obliterated what will always be known 
in history as the scene of a gigantic struggle. 

It is not the design to give in this history what can be 
found in a much more elaborate form elsewhere, but to bring 
to mind those events which transpired in our immediate 
front. 

It was on the occasion of the dedication of the Ohio 
Monuments, which took place on the anniversary of the 
famous May 22nd assault. A large delegation from Ohio 
went down headed by Gov. M^^ron T. Herrick and a regi- 
ment of the Ohio Militia. With this delegation went 
eleven of the old Eighty-Third. 

Samuel Baltzell Co. A. 

Andrew Spaeth Co. A. 

Anthony Smith Co. D. 

Chas. B. Palmer Co. E. 

Joseph Bowen Co. E. 

Chas. W. Snyder Co. I. 

A. T. Sutton Co. I. 

Wm. H. Davis Co. K. 

John B. Hauer Co. K. 

T. B. Marshall Co. K. 

Geo. W. Carey Co. K. 



96 History of the Eighty-Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 

With Andrew Spaeth went Mrs. Spaeth and with Snyder 
and Marshall, each a son. We took conveyances on the river 
front, and, going to the Northern point w^here were Sher- 
man's lines, we followed the road around southward. 

We found that the government had acquired the whole 
battle field, embraced in a tract of 1,247 acres, and had 
laid out roads that ran in front of each army, naming them 
Union and Confederate avenues, respectively. 

As said, we followed the Union avenue southward until 
we came to the ravine that was as familiar to our eyes as 
our own door yards. 

We climbed the stile and in a moment stood on the 
old camp ground. It looked as natural as if we had just 
left it, except that the rains had washed the dirt into the 
valley, until the bottom was a few feet above the original 
one. The sides were just the same; the spring and the 
sunken barrel to catch the water was just the same; the 
way around the spur up to the front was the same; and it 
almost seemed as if we ought to catch a sight of Colonel 
Moore's tents standing back under the trees. 

The Eighty-Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry Monument, 
with its running greyhound chiseled in imperishable granite, 
stands opposite to where the camp was, and, thanks to 
Comrade Wm. H. Davis, it is properly located, opposite 
the center. 

The park commissioners, on orders frbni the War De- 
partment were determined to locate it about half way 
between the end of the spur where Company B was located 
and the Baldwin's Ferry road. It was only after a long 
and determined fight that it was correctly placed, and 
when the eleven of us viewed it from the site of the camp, 
every voice approved of its position. 

The marker also, showing the advanced place held by 
the regiment on that 22nd of May, is correctly placed 
by him. 



History op thb Eighty-Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 97 

The spot occupied by the 17th Ohio Battery of our 
brigade is also marked with a monument and with a ten- 
pounder gun on its wheels. 

As to the forts, I am sorry to say that the one before 
which the regiment lay on the 22nd has been leveled and 
is now a Jewish cemetery, but this is the only change in 
the whole line. The fort a little to the North and rear, 
still remains, as does all as far as the eye can reach. 

On the top of the hill, in our front, can plainly be seen 
the remains of the rifle pits we put up, washed some by 
the rains, but yet distinct. The main part of the hillside 
has been graded into the Union avenue road, but there 
remains an abundance of landmarks, not only on the lower, 
but also on the upper side, above the road and the monu- 
ment, to tell us how familiar the place looked. 

Trees have grown thickly and large so as to hide about 
all the view we used to have as we stood on the hilltop 
and gazed at Fort Hill and watched those sixty-eight- 
pounder rifles as they tried to destroy that big rebel mortar 
that was fired from the deep hollow, and could not. 

Page after page could be written here, but a copy of 
"Vicksburg for the Tourist" will tell it better. 

We will now turn the hands on the dial back again to 
Jul}^ 5, 1863, and proceed with the narrative. 

We had been assigned to the First Brigade, Fourth 
Division, Thirteenth Army Corps, Department of the 
Gulf. The exigencies of war now demanded that we 
forego any and all pleasures we might derive by an extended 
tour of observation in and through the city and over the 
enemy's line of fortifications. 

Our duty was to obey and ask no questions. With full 
haversacks and only a blanket, with the rolled ends tied 
together and sl,pped over the head — light marching order — 
we moved out about seven o'clock, under that hot, blazing 
Mississippi sun, over roads inches deep in dust, and with 



98 History of the Eighty-Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 

water scarce. The men gave out by scores, and, though 
we rested frequently, when we bivouacked about three 
o'clock there were present not more than fifty of those who 
marched out so blithely in the morning. As the day 
waned it became cooler, and by dark about all had come 
up. The officers were lenient and favored us all that was 
possible. Being camped on a stream, we had plenty of 
water. 

On the 6th of July we started late and finally crossed 
Big Black, camping on the ground over which the regi- 
ment charged on the 17th of May. We were up early in 
the morning of the 7th but delayed starting until about 
seven o'clock. The prospect was for a very warm day 
though it had rained some on the preceding day. 

We marched through Edwards and over the Champion's 
Hill battle ground where the main fight was under Logan. 

We moved forward rather slowly, as the advance was 
constantly skirmishing and had to clear the road. The day 
grew hotter and hotter, and often a halt would be made 
in a deep cut in the road, with dust rising in clouds and 
the sun beating unmercifully on our backs. Sun strokes 
were common, and when night came, less than fifty stacked 
arms. We barely had time to gather a supply of firewood 
when we were treated to a regular tropical rain storm. 
In consequence, the night was passed in the utmost discom- 
fort, so that morning found anything but a buoyant lot 
of soldiers. 

We did not start on the 8th until four o'clock and moved 
slowly, camping after dark near Clinton. Here we remained 
a full day, expecting to move at any moment. 

On the 10th we marched seven miles, while the advance 
was having every foot disputed. Our line of battle moved 
through a tangled thicket of Jack oaks and underbrush, 
emerging at last at a farm house and barn. Here every 
thing we could find in a good variety store was discovered 



History of the Eighty-Third Ohio Voi^untrer Infantry. 00 

from old iron to federal guns and uniforms. Eatables were 
found, uncovered, dug up froYn their hiding places and put 
where they would do the most good. The woman at 
the house protested but the protest seemed to lack the 
usual notarial seal, so the gathering of things went on 
apace. At last, the woman, despairing of saving anything, 
grabbed up a crock full of sour milk — "bonny clabber," 
and began drinking with the utmost speed, determined 
that the Yankees should not have everything. 

While engaged in this somewhat lucrative pastime, we 
were treated to a volley of lead. No further demonstra- 
tion following, we withdrew a short distance and bivouacked 
for the night. 

Skirmishing was now in front of Jackson with apparently 
a strong force in our front, with long lines of breastworks. 

That we might have some protection, we piled up rails 
with cross pieces, making a space of some eighteen inches 
and filled that with dirt, as fast as we could get anything 
to dig with. Bayonets and our tin plates often came 
handy in hurried cases like this. 

The enemy was very active and at times somewhat 
aggressive, but we held the line. On the 12th of July we 
moved forward within four hundred yards of the Con- 
federate breastworks, and fortified our line. We thought 
they were massing on our right, so we placed artillery in 
commanding positions and held ourselves in readiness, 
but they did not appear. On the 14th we manned the 
rifle pits at three o'clock in the morning, to guard against 
a surprise, but none was attempted. 

The regiment suffered very much from excessive heat 
and a scarcity of good w^ater. Our main supply was from 
a very large plantation cistern, but some of our friends 
on the other side had ch'opped a tar bucket into it and the 
taste was not what we would have chosen had we been 
allowed the privilege. 



100 History of the Eighty-Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 

We had plenty of provisions, and as roasting ears were 
in their prime, it was a common sight to see a large army 
wagon drive along and ladle out a supply to each company 
with a scoop shovel. 

As we were closing in on this line of defenses, the Seven- 
teenth Ohio battery said they were short of men, and 
called for volunteers. Quite a number of the Eighty- 
Third took their places with the guns and remained for 
several months. 

About July 13th a small detachment from the Vicksburg 
camp joined the regiment. One or two men of each com- 
pany had been left to guard camp when the regiment 
marched on the 5th, but it was dull business, and the mos- 
quitoes were something fearful. About the 8th, Lieut. 
Wm. L. Robinson, of Co. B, returned from some outside 
detail, and told the boys he was going to Jackson if he 
could get through, and about half the boys volunteered 
to go with him. On the second day's march, east of the 
trestle bridge over Big Black, they saw far ahead a large 
wagon with four mules evidently making the best time 
they could. Our boys, with their greyhound stride, were 
rapidly overtaking the outfit. They did not understand 
the excitement shown by two men looking at them through 
field glasses, and then urging the driver to hasten his speed, 
until suddenly they threw their hats in the air, stopped 
their wagon, and came forward to meet our squad, and 
to say they thought it was a rebel detail pursuing them, 
until a nearer view showed the blue uniforms. Then it was 
the turn of our boys to be surprised, as the two men proved 
to be our own sutler, Mr. Boynton and his assistant, and 
the wagon to contain a fresh and large supply of the good 
things soldiers so much crave. No wonder they were fear- 
ful of results when they expected to fall into rebel hands, 
and were in high spirits when they suddenly found instead 
that they had a guard of fair numbers and well armed. 



History of the Eighty-Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 101 

The wagon was escorted into camp at Jackson with cheers 
from all. 

On the 14th of July a truce was granted in order to bury 
the dead in front of Lauman's division. It was to close 
at four o'clock. During its continuance, some of our 
division climbed trees in order to see the inside of the 
enemy's works, but they were promptly treated to a volley 
as a lesson that a flag of truce must be respected in every 
detail. 

The truce closed promptly at 4 o'clock and activity in 
all directions became very manifest, especially by the 
enemy. 

On the 15th and 16th picket firing was very heavy. 
Our wagon train was threatened with capture by a force 
of some four thousand men, but the attempt failed. During 
the night of the 16th it was noticed that there were several 
fires in the city, for which we could not account. On the 
morning of the 17th the enemy did not reply with any 
vigor to our shots and finally ceased. A citizen came 
out with a white flag and told us the city had been evacu- 
ated, but only after destroying about all that was capable 
of destruction. 

The Eighty-Third was ordered to hold itself in readiness 
to move, but finally word was passed that we could enter 
the city to see what had been before us for some days. 
We found the works very strong, but nothing approaching 
the defenses of Vicksburg. There were no elaborate forts 
so built as to enfilade an attacking force. The east side 
was entirely unprotected, except by Pearl river, and as 
there was nothing to be gained in further resistance, the}' 
left us the city and marched eastward. 

On the 18th of July we moved back a couple of miles in 
order to be near a supply of water. All this time our 
teams were foraging over the country and supplementing 
our supplies, all of which had to be transported from Vicks- 



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burg. This had been shortened very much by the use 
of the railroad as far as Black river. Some engines had 
been included in the surrender, and we had plenty of me- 
chanics who soon put them in running order and knew 
how to handle them. 

On the 20th w^e received marching orders and headed for 
the city on the river. 

We reached Mississippi Springs on the 21st and the next 
day passed through Raymond, and, following the road we 
trod in May, came in due time to the battle field of Cham- 
pion's Hill, where we bivouacked for the night. 

We viewed with much interest the ground over which 
we had heard the minnie balls buzz, and were now able to 
be much more leisurely about it than at that time. 

That "busted piano," spoken of before, contributed its 
share to the general hilarity as Sergeant Snow fingered the 
keys. Many looked with interest at a nice round hole in 
one of the fence palings, This was made by a solid six 
pound ball. As it passed along it stunned Sergeant Beard 
of Company K badly, and passing under the house, knocked 
to pieces one of the brick pillars, at the same time playing 
havoc with the nerves of a lot of fellows congregated in 
this shelter. 

We looked over the house and found it pitted all over 
by minnie balls, and wondered how it was possible that 
an^^body escaped from such a fusillade as swept over that 
hill top. Yet a rebel soldier, doubtless planning desertion, 
was found secreted in this Coker house after the engage- 
ment of May 16th, and unharmed, though having been 
exposed for hours to the fire of both sides. 

On the 23rd of July, we again took the road, and passing 
through Edwards, kept on until we came to Big Black 
about 2:00 P. M. Here, the familiar sound of a locomotive 
whistle greeted our ears, and the sight of a train of cars 
was a welcome one. 



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After a short rest, that we might again see the scene of 
our former exploits, we moved towards Vicksburg, and a 
little after sundown had the satisfaction of coming to rest 
in the old camp we had occupied during the siege. 

The day was very hot and the roads dusty. Many 
became exhausted. We had been actively engaged for 
over three months and our physical systems were in no 
condition to bear up under this great strain, and when we 
stacked arms in the old valley there were but 47 in line. 

As we looked up at the stars that night, how different 
it w^as from the days and days of labor and fatigue and 
danger of the past weeks, and how grateful to our tired 
bodies and minds was the deep unbroken silence that 
shrouded all. No cannon's roar, no sharp report of musket, 
no skulking around the hills and spurs, no crouching 
behind the ever present bank of earth to save our lives. 
Now, the sun rose and set on a peaceful scene, and our 
duties were correspondingly lightened. It remained then, 
that we be placed where rest and quiet could be enjoyed, 
at least for a time. 

The day after reaching our old camp, we were directed 
to move out and change from the rear to the front of 
Vicksburg. We marched to a grassy place on the bank 
of the river about a mile below the city, but still protected 
by the new line of fortifications. 

Our stay in this camp was extended to one month, 
exactly. The time was passed more in recuperation than 
in the exercise of such duties as required much exertion. 
The weather was very warm, and this made it rather 
dangerous to be exposed too much to the direct rays of 
the sun. We spent some of our time in again going over 
the grounds, especially the irtside line. We viewed the new 
line of works with much interest, and felt safe when behind 
them. 



104 History of the Eighty-Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 

The city itself was to us a place of absorbing interest, and 
we never tired of walking the streets and speculating about 
it and of our future. 

While here, there were many furloughs granted and 
they were, most certainly, well merited. There also 
seemed to be a regular hegira of officers, as many of them 
resigned, for various reasons. 



CHAPTER IV. 

OPELOUSAS EXPEDITION. 

Departure from Vicksburg — New Orleans — Car- 
rollton — Algiers — -Brashear City — Opelousas — 
Surprise at Grand Coteau — Iberia — Berwick — 
New Orleans — Fort Jackson. 

On the 23rd of August, 1863, we suddenly received orders 
to pack up and be ready to embark in two hours. This 
was pretty short notice, but long practice enabled us to 
be ready at the appointed time. We ^boarded the Fanny 
Bullet, and on the 24th turned the bow down stream 
instead of up, which we hoped we should do. We passed 
Warrenton, New Carthage, and at last, just at noon, the 
historic Grand Gulf was before our eyes. How differently 
we felt from the other time when we were in our barge and 
headed in the same direction. 

Now all was quiet, and one of our grim turtle-backed 
iron clads stood, a silent sentinel to prevent the point from 
being again occupied. 

Our passage down the river was uneventful. New scenes 
and unfamiliar places now came into view. We landed at 
Natchez but our stay was short. All we could see from 
the boat was the high bluff, the notorious "Natchez under 
the hill," and the narrow road that led up to the city, 
which was some four hundred yards from the landing. 

Leaving Natchez we steamed some four or five miles 
down, and landed on the Louisiana shore to enable us to 
cook two days' rations. On this occasion the opportunity 
was embraced of getting a supply, as far as could be done, 
of the various edibles such as fruit, vegetables and such 
live stock as had not been sufficiently timorous to hunt 
for hiding places. 

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On the 25th of August we passed Port Hudson and Baton 
Rouge without stopping, and about eleven o'clock, landed 
at Carrollton, a small place some six miles by rail from 
New Orleans. We were ordered into camp from the land- 
ing, and this was located just East of the town, in a large, 
level plain, some half-a-mile from the river. 

It had now been almost a year since we had left home, 
its comforts and supplies. We had, during this time, 
lived exclusively as soldiers with all that that entailed. 
We now again came in close contact with stores, groceries, 
and what was worse, with saloons. We found the various 
commodities for sale at reasonable prices and we indulged 
ourselves as our several inclinations or purses dictated. 

The weather was generally very pleasant, as we were 
near enough to the gulf for the sea breezes to have quite 
an appreciable effect upon the temperature. 

This was the first large city we had seen since leaving 
Cincinnati, and, being on the Southern border and a sea- 
port, it was one of special interest. Its civilization had 
always been different from ours, its buildings had many 
traces of Spanish origin, and the vegetables were entirely 
different from any that we had ever seen. We were now 
on the very border of the tropics, and it made the flora and 
fauna exceedingly interesting. 

It is hardly possible to separate the individual from 
the collective at this place. Our duties as soldiers, must, 
of course, be continued, but the time at our disposal was 
quite generous, and it was employed to the utmost. Every 
nook and corner of the old city was investigated. The 
French market was a place of great attraction, for there 
anything could be bought from a small shrimp to eat, to 
a silk dress, to wear. The shipping also, was a new thing 
to our inland eyes, and we never wearied of looking at 
the vessels with their towering masts, the half furled sails, 
and the mazy rigging. We were but a short distance by 



History of the Eighty-Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 107 

rail from Lake Ponchartrain, and the fare was low. Rides 
there were frequent, and we enjoyed the strange sight 
to us, of a body of salt water, the first we had ever seen. 

Several pages could be filled with descriptions, but it is 
not designed to do that only vso far as it belongs to the 
story of the regiment and to whatever might pertain to 
it, individually or collectively. 

On August 29th there was a grand review in the large 
plain to the East of us. 

The Eighty-Third was in the fourth line of infantry, and 
as we stood at ease, we could see and comment on the 
soldierly qualities of the other three lines in front of us. 

Immediately behind us were drawn up the batteries of 
the corps, and behind that line stood a line of cavalry; 
six lines in all. It was a wonderful and thrilling sight — 
those long lines of tried and true veterans who were ready 
to stand in any breach the officers might demand. 

Our camp here was an extended one, and, having plenty 
of room there was much drilling, especially in the manual 
of arms. Changes often occurred among our line officers, 
and First Sergeants were very often left in command of 
companies for months at a time. 

August departed and September came. On the 4th 
there was another review of his old Vicksburg army held 
by General Grant. Copying from a diary, the following 
seems to fit the occasion: 

"The review was ordered at eight o'clock and was 
conducted in a way not different from other reviews, 
except that we got into position with much greater celerity 
than usual. The customary salute was fired and General 
Grant rode into the field, and was greeted with loud cheers. 
He rode slowly along the front of each line and passing 
to the rear galloped back at race track speed. His escort 
and visitors were strung out far behind, requiring some 
time for them to catch up and regain their places. There 



lOS History of the Eighty-Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 

was one naval officer, dressed all in white, who went 
wherever his horse chose. He was a comical sight. The 
whole affair was like a picture. The men marched in such 
exact lines, and kept such perfect time, that companies and 
regiments looked like moving machines. Every thing 
swayed backward and forward or sideways at exactly the 
same time. The lights and shadows played up and down 
the marching columns while the glittering gun barrels 
reflected the sunlight with a dazzling glare. 

"The general had on his old brigadier coat and was in 
rather a marked contrast to the well formed and finely 
dressed General Banks. At last it came the turn of our 
division to move, and we passed the reviewing group of 
officers with many of the companies in command of a 
non-commissioned officer." 

This was no doubt intended to be his farewell to us, as 
he had been called east to be the main stay of the 
great Lincoln, which he most certainly became. 

It was after this review that the horse General Grant 
was riding over the cobble pavement in Carrolton ran 
against a carriage and was thrown down, severely injuring 
the rider, but not seriously. 

The entire month of September passed with us in this 
camp, without any interruption that calls for any special 
notice. Of course, daily drills were never relaxed, and 
in this camp we were required to learn and practice the 
bayonet exercise. There must have been some anticipa- 
tion that it might be needed. The only thing that was 
different this month was a scout up the river to Donald- 
sonville on the 27th of September and back in the country 
after guerillas. It proved to be another wild goose chase. 
We were under the command of Colonel Owens. He suc- 
ceeded in getting us lost and, after marching the whole 
night until long after daylight, and covering some twenty 
miles, we came out on the river bank six miles below where 



History of the Eighty-Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 109 

we had landed. The boats came down to us and took us 
back to Carrollton, where we remained until October 3rd, 
when we embarked on the steamer Emerald and were 
ferried down and across the river to Algiers, which is oppo- 
site the main part of New Orleans. We were given no 
time for any pleasures but hurried to the railroad and 
bundled upon a train of cars for Berwick bay. Instead of 
Pullmans or even ordinary day coaches with seats, or box 
cars or even stock cars, we were piled on a train of flat 
cars, each one of which had two army wagons on it. On 
these, curled around the wheels, doubled up on the tdngues, 
perched up on the driver's seat, any where or any place 
where a hand hold could be secured to keep from falling off, 
were the only quarters assigned us. It would not have 
been so bad had it been daytime, but we were entrained 
about nine o'clock P. M., and immediately started, and 
this made the trip very uncomfortable and dangerous. We 
were all night in making the trip though it was but eighty 
miles, and it was well into the morning when we landed 
and had a chance to stretch our cramped and stiffened 
limbs. We were soon ferried across the bay, and went 
into camp with only our knapsacks. No tents being avail- 
able, we took advantage of the presence of plenty of boards, 
such as they were, and soon had some kind of a shack put 
up which would keep off most of the dew, which here was 
almost like rain, and at the same time kept out the coarsest 
of the cold. It required a tolerably strong imagination 
to see much comfort, but we took it all as no more than 
the ordinary lot of a soldier. 

Our camp here was varied by a great opportunity for 
fishing. Plenty of fish were caught, but most of the catch 
were crabs. These made a very acceptable addition to 
the regular army ration and made said ration much more 
palatable. 



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October 7th we moved out and marched 16 miles to 
Patterson. On the 9th we reached and passed through 
FrankHn. We were now in the Teche (tash) country, the 
soil of which was unsurpassed in fertility. A bayou of the 
same name furnished water transportation for more than 
one hundred miles, and was intersected by numerous deep 
but sluggish streams, all called bayous. 

These were traversed by small steamboats made for this 
especial trade, these boats having about all their available 
space used when laden with three bales of cotton, or two 
hogsheads of sugar. 

This was a sugar country and the arable land varied in 
width from a mile to about three miles, reaching from the 
above mentioned stream back to the cypress forest, and 
ending in a swamp. 

There had been a railroad built through this section, but 
the iron had all been appropriated for plating some of the 
enemy's war vessels, which never amounted to anything. 

Our march continued to New Iberia and through it, 
and on the 10th of October we camped some four miles 
fr)om Vermillionville. 

All along this march, the plantations gave evidence of 
great wealth. The buildings were of brick, very large and 
substantial. The slave quarters were very extensive and 
commodious, showing that the owners had plenty of labor 
and close at hand. 

We remained here for a few days, and on the 13th of 
October exercised the privilege granted to all Ohio soldiers 
in the field — the privilege of voting for state and national 
officers. 

On this day we balloted for governor. It was of especial 
interest and necessity, as the arch traitor, C. L. Vallan- 
dingham was the opponent of our staunch war governor — 
John Brough. 



History of the Eighty-Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Ill 

It was a very one-sided affair, not only in the Eighty- 
Third, but in all other Ohio regiments. The Eighty-Third 
gave Vallandingham but 20 votes and 149 for Brough; 
96th Ohio — 6 for Vallandingham and 200 for Brough. We 
were upholding the flag, and were ready and willing to do 
that at all times. 

On the 14th and 15th we moved forward over ground 
which the enemy kept disputing. This was a beautiful and 
fertile prairie, and it was an inspiring sight to see the long 
lines of marching troops, winding over the hills and hollows, 
visible as they were as far as the eye could reach. 

We passed through Vermillionville and camped in an 
open field. 

At dress parade that evening all the officers of the 
brigade were called into line before our regiment by General 
E. O. C. Ord and in a short address he gave us the compli- 
ment of being one of the three regiments of the five in the 
brigade that was in admirable order. 

We had frequent alarms, so that the entire force was 
constantly on the alert. We were in an open field and the 
enemy could tell our every movement, and gauge to a 
certainty our strength. Our stay here was rather short 
and we were ordered ahead towards Opelousas. We had 
to be practically in line of battle the whole time, and on 
this day we marched in column by division, thus enabling 
the whole brigade to form a line of battle in a moment. 
It was at this time, a part of our line was formed by a small 
regiment of colored troops, wearing bright red caps. They 
were on the extreme right. Our brigade was in the open, 
grassy plain, while the "red heads", as we called them, were 
confronted b}' a field grown high with weeds. An enemy 
could lie concealed until they could be stepped on before 
being seen, but the colored boys apparently cared not for 
that, but marched with perfect alignment into the weeds. 



112 History of the Eighty-Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 

singing at the tops of their voices, "John Brown's body 
lies mouldering in the grave." 

As the enemy did not appear to be strong enough to 
check our advance, we soon passed through Opelousas, our 
regiment being in the lead. After passing through the 
little town a short distance we turned Eastward. We 
went into camp in a pecan grove and we used all the nuts 
we could club from the numerous trees. 

As we had no tents along, we utilized a shed full of dried 
cow hides. These were all right and afforded us a good 
shelter and even kept the rain away, but when water 
soaked, our olfactories were compelled to do extra duty? 
We dubbed this "Cow Skin" Camp, but it is officially 
known as Barre's Landing. 

This was a place on Bayou Cortableau, a bayou that 
enabled small boats to float when the waters were high. 
We remained in this camp until October 31st, when we had 
marching orders to move at five o'clock the next morning. 

We went back through Opelousas and camped near our 
old place on Carrion Crow Prairie. That is the common 
name but the geography says "Carencro." 

November 3rd, 1863, dawned on what was to be, for 
the Eighty-Third, an eventful day. The enemy had 
followed us back quite closely, thinking we were on the 
retreat and would be an easy prey. The regiment was 
ordered to go out with the wagons for forage. 

We had barely started when there was an alarm. We 
piled out of the wagons and took our places in line of battle. 
The alarm having subsided, we tried the foraging train 
again, and were making some headway in getting it ready, 
when skirmishing began in earnest. The Seventeenth Ohio 
battery limbered up and began firing to check the enemy 
from coming in our rear to capture the guns. The Eighty- 
Third ran to its assistance, and our sudden appearance 
caused the enemy to change its mind. They divided, 



History of the Eighty-Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 113 

riding to the right and left, flanking us. As the field was 
level, we could see the whole movement and knew what 
to do without being told. The only thing to do was to 
get back and do it quick. We knew there was plenty of 
assistance if we could only reach it. We could see the 
cavalry racing towards our flanks and we expected every 
moment to have them face us and pour a volley of shot 
into us. The day was very warm and the excitement with 
the weight each had to carry soon exhausted us. As it 
was there were a good many taken prisoners but the 
Eighty-Third met with the least loss. 

The Twenty-Third Wisconsin Infantry of our brigade is 
most certainly under everlasting obligation to our regiment 
for the preservation of their colors in this battle. The 
written accounts of both our boys giving the details, are 
present with me and are as follows: 

George Sweeny, of Company F, writes and says: 

"When the attack began, I left the regiment temporarily 
to reach my tent and secure some money that was in my 
knapsack. On the retreat through the woods, I was well 
in the rear and when about midway of the woods I saw the 
Twenty-Third Wisconsin color bearer, totally exhausted 
and lying against a tree. I asked him if he was wounded 
and he said, 'No.' Well, you will be captured if you stay 
here. He said, *I can't help it.' I told him I would save 
the flag, and so took possession of it. There was no time 
for tarrying as the bullets were coming uncomfortably 
close. These added speed, and I happily escaped with the 
flag and finally turned it over to its proper owners." 

There is also before me a letter from our own color 
bearer, Sergeant Datus E. Meyers, in which he says: 

"I was running alongside of the Twenty-Third Wisconsin 
color bearer, when he was suddenly wounded and fell, 
dropping his colors. I caught it up under my arm and 
carried it through the balance of the fight, in the meantime 



114 History of the Eighty-Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 

keeping our own colors flying; the only ones in the brigade 
that were unfurled. I afterwards surrendered the flag 
to the Twenty-Third Wisconsin." 

These are two very clear cases of bravery and thought- 
fulness of both the Eighty-Third men, and it is a very 
pleasing thing to record them in this history. 

Lest there should be some who might discover an 
apparent descrepancy in these two statements, I deem it 
right to avoid all possible friction to make a further explana- 
tion. 

To get all the facts from two different men, separated, 
now, as they are, by several thousand miles, is a slow and 
unsatisfactory proceeding. 

Comrade Sweeny says the flag he carried off, were the 
colors, and not the banner, although they were furled, but 
visible. 

Sergeant Meyers also says the colors he took from the 
wounded Wisconsin color bearer were furled, and though 
he did not say so, yet no doubt they were encased in the 
usual oil cloth, water-proof covering; hence he did not 
say just which one he had. 

The main facts remain, that the Twenty-Third Wisconsin 
was indebted to these two members of our regiment for 
the privilege of again marching under their own standards. 

Comrade Sweeny's recollection is very clear concerning 
this day's doings, and he reports that General Burbridge 
rode up and down the line, hat in hand, face pale, though 
he was quite cool and collected and said in clear tones: 
"I rely on the Eighty-Third Ohio." 

From a diary written that day, the following is found in 
addition: 

"The whole brigade was now lined up under protection 
of the cavalry and a sorry sight it presented. The whole 
of the Sixt^^-Seventh Indiana was gone except the Adjutant 
and Major. A few of the Sixtieth Indiana were left, 



History of the Eighty-Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 115 

about one third of the Twenty-Third Wisconsin, a few of 
the Ninety-Sixth Ohio and nearly all of our regiment; 
two guns of the battery and twenty-five men." 

Our camp was completely destroyed. What was not 
taken away was piled up and burned. As soon as the 
enemy had completed the work of destruction they departed 
after upsetting all our camp kettles, spoiling what little 
chance we had for dinner. The Colonel and Adjutant 
lost all they had, as did about all of the line officers. 

The brigade loss was 680 killed, wounded and taken 
prisoners. Our regiment lost 55, all prisoners, there being 
no record of any having been killed. The force against 
us is variously estimated at from 3,000 to 10,000. 

This was the Carencro Battle, and is best known by that 
name, but officially it is called Grand Coteau. 

After this disaster we moved back to Vermillionville 
bayou and finally, on November 8th, to Iberia. During 
this time we had frequent rains and the suffering and dis- 
comfort was very great, as we had no protection against 
the wet and cold. 

At Iberia there was a line of fortifications built which 
made us safe from any attack that would likely be made. 
These were built by the 25th Louisiana, a regiment of 
blacks which had been recruited here in two weeks. 

Tents being scarce, we secured boards, lumber of any 
kind, and put up what would shield us from the sun and 
rain. Being hemmed in very close, there was very little 
drilling and the time passed uneventfully until December 
8th, when we had unexpected orders to march. We 
marched ten miles, the brigade being under the command 
of our Major, and arrived at Franklin about four o'clock. 

A fort had been constructed here with comfortable 
quarters for a whole regiment. We were directed to 
occupy the quarters of the Nineteenth Kentucky, which 
we found to be by far the best we had enjoyed for a long 



116 History of the Eighty-Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 

time. The officers had log cabins with fire-places as had 
most of those occupied by the men. We went to bed 
expecting some comfort. The Adjutant said we were not 
to march the next day and the good news lasted until 
midnight, when we were ordered to be ready to move at 
one o'clock. This was soon countermanded and we were 
allowed to stay until morning. We marched fifteen miles 
to Patterson, which was seven miles from Brashear, for 
which place we started, and reached it about nine A. M. 

At this date our quartermaster accepted and issued to 
us a lot of decaying meat. Company A said they would 
not stand for that, so they secured the band, detailed a 
funeral escort, and with due solemnity buried the offending 
material with a regular military funeral, closing with the 
regulation salute of guns fired over the grave. The entire 
proceeding was in full view of everybody, and was watched 
by our regimental officers, including the quartermaster, 
who did not like it very well. Nothing could be done 
about it, as there was nothing that was particularly offensive, 
so it was allowed to pass as a joke. 

This was the 11th of December and the next day we 
were ordered to be ready for the ferry boat by two o'clock. 
Everything was made ready except taking down the tents, 
which was a short job, so we left them up until dark. We 
marched to the landing, and then received orders to stay 
until everything was across the bay, and then convoy the 
wagon train across the country, through the swamps, over 
corduro}^ roads to New Orleans. The words that were 
said would not look well in print, but, being vsoldiers, all 
we had to do was to obey, which we did, of course. 

It was early on the 15th when the wagon train was 
ready to start. It was not expected that we should walk, 
so we were placed in the wagons, all of which were prac- 
tically empty. The riding was not always pleasant nor 
easy as the wagon maker had forgotten springs. 



History of thb Eighty-Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 1X7 

Kirby Smith had cut this road through the woods for 
forty miles and corduroyed the swampy places, for some 
expedition of his, and we were now making use of it. 

We traveled from twenty-five to thirty miles a day, 
passing through the towns of Tigerville and Thibedeaux- 
ville, and when we came to the Mississippi river, we followed 
it down until we reached our camp at Algiers on the 19th 
of December. 

We were here supplied with clothing, and new tents, but 
before we could make use of them we received marching 
orders and on the 22nd we were loaded in a boat for Fort 
Jackson, some eighty miles down the river. 

There had been some trouble among the colored garrison, 
and a mutiny was feared. As we steamed down, we saw 
the monument erected to commemorate the victory by 
Jackson over the British under General Packinham, January 
8th, 1815. We passed rice fields and stacks of rice, a new 
sight to us, even if they did look like stacks of oats; sugar 
houses in full blast; orange orchards with their ripe, 
luscious fruit hanging in profusion. At last we landed 
about a mile above Fort Jackson on the narrow, muddy 
bank of the river, which was barely a foot above the 
surface of the water at high tide. It was too near the 
gulf to fear overflow. 

We had expected to go into the fort where we could at 
least keep dry, but the commanding ofilicer, General 
Dwight, compelled us to camp on this miserable spot. 

We cleared the ground of all brush and whatever was 
in our way, put up our tents and prepared to pass the 
time as comfortably as we could. There were some com- 
pensations, however, among the many inconveniences. 
For one thing, we were but a mile below the orange orchards, 
where we could get all of that fruit we wanted, given to 
us, provided we would not disturb the oranges still on 
the trees. The crop was sold to merchants in the city 



118 History ok the Eighty-Third Ohio Volunteer Invantry. 

and they would pick it to suit either their own market or 
for shipment. All that fell, would be too ripe for sale, 
besides, falling would bruise them, making them worthless 
for the trade. It did not take us long to learn that the 
fruit on the ground was far better than what we would 
pull from the trees, and we gladly let the hanging globes 
alone. 

Another compensation was, the gulf coast was lined 
with oysters, good ones, too. Oyster sloops would come 
up the river and tie up at our camp, when we could buy a 
bucket full of the bivalves for ten cents or a barrel for 
one dollar. 

As long as this state of affairs lasted, there was no 
reason why we should content ourselves with army rations, 
and we did not. We were now in the rain belt. We had 
ditched our quarters, and each company street, which was 
only about fifteen feet wide, had a ditch on the side some 
two feet wide and about as deep. The street was less than 
one hundred feet in length, and it would rain hard enough 
to fill that ditch full before it could run off. It was not 
just showers, either, but it would sometimes rain for three 
hours at a stretch without any let up, and so hard that 
nothing could be seen at a distance of fifty feet. We had 
green, swamp elm w^ood to burn, and I shall leave to m3^ 
readers the question of how it was possible to keep a fire 
going in that rain. It was done, however. 

We had many days of comparative comfort, many 
days that were sunshiny and cheerful. We saw many 
vessels going up and down the river; tugs, steamships, 
sailing craft of all kinds big and little. Shut in here as 
we were, we were often thrown on our resources for amuse- 
ment and entertainment. Sometimes pranks were played 
which seemed wrong or otherwise, according on which side 
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History of the EiOHTY-TniRn Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 119 

Our sutler had bargained with a negro woman to cook 
him a chicken and he was to go to her house to eat it. 
Some of Company A found it out and about the time 
they thought the fowl was properly cooked, sent a man 
after it, and an order to the effect that the sutler could 
not be there, and for her to send it with this man, which 
she did, of course. The final result can be imagined but 
not described with exactness. 

Some of the garrison of Fort St. Philip on the opposite 
side of the river committed some depredations, and General 
Dwight chose to charge it to the Eighty-Third, and pro- 
ceeded to discipline us. Roll call was ordered at frequent 
and unusual times, and orders were issued that no one 
should go outside of the regimental guard. 

Lieutenant Colonel Baldwin complained that his men 
would not stand such orders. General Dwight then ac- 
cused him of purposely misconstruing his orders, and 
reprimanded him severely, and threatened to put him 
under arrest. Whenever the commandant rode by on the 
levee, he was greeted loudly with "Roll Call," which 
angered him so much that he ordered the whole regiment 
on extra duty, namely: to chop wood all the forenoon 
and drill in the afternoon. The amount of wood chopped 
and drilling done that day would hardly come up to 
expectations, if there should be any great and sudden 
need. This order was repeated for the next day (Sunday), 
but that night we received orders to report in New Orleans. 
General Dwight tried to get the orders for us to make 
the trip on foot, but a boat was sent for us, and we pre- 
ferred it that way. 

We landed at the city about eleven o'clock P. M., 
January 23rd, 1864, making just thirty days since we had 
left and thirty days of a mighty unpleasant experience. 

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120 History of the Eighty-Third Ohio Voliwteer Infantry. 

Cotton press, in the heart of the city, which was in marked 
contrast to our quarters during the past month. 

This place was an open square surrounded by a high 
wall, and with shed roofs from these walls, thus leaving 
a large place in the center, open to the sky. We had large 
box like bunks, double decked, and the whole regiment 
was easily and comfortably housed. 

As a matter of course, it was not possible to keep all the 
men penned in all of the time, so we traveled the city over 
very thoroughly and what we did not see was hardly 
worth seeing. 

On February 2nd we received marching orders and boarded 
the cars for Lake Ponchartrain. Our baggage was loaded 
in a small sloop, while we were embarked in a steamer 
from which we landed at Madisonville, on the Northern 
shore of the Lake. Our camp was in a beautiful wood 
with a sandy soil covered by a heavy, strong sod. We 
could not find out why we were posted in this out of the 
way place, but then it is barely possible it was not necessary 
that we should. 



CHAPTER V. 

RED RIVER CAMPAIGN. 

Brashear City — Alexandria — Natchitoches — 
Defeat at Sabine Cross Roads — Pleasant Hill — 
Retreat — Atchafalaya River — Bridge of boats — 
Morganza Bend — Natches — Baton Rouge — 
New Orleans. 

While here, the 11th and 46th Indiana re-enlisted and 
the left-overs were transferred to our regiment. They 
would go on guard or on fatigue when regularly detailed, 
but when called for drill or any extra duty, they were con- 
spicuous by their absence. They simply faded away. 

On the 25th of February, 1864, we boarded the steamer 
Kate Doyle for Milnberg and came very near having a 
bad accident. Some of the rivets gave way in one of the 
boilers, but it made more noise than damage. We were 
unloaded upon cars and were soon in New Orleans, and 
from there we went to our old camping ground in Algiers, 
reaching there on February 26th. 

This camp was the worst one we were in, for vice and 
bootlegging. 

Crowds of women smuggled quantities of whiskey of the 
very worst brand, and many of the men became almost 
insane. Fortunately, at this time, the most of the men 
were out of money, yet there was enough to cause a great 
deal of disturbance. 

We were reviewed on the 29th by Generals McGinnis 
and Cameron. 

On March 4th there was a great event over in the city, 
the inauguration of new state officers under the new regime. 
While our regiment was not called on to participate, yet it 
was of such interest that we all knew of it. Many heard 

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122 History of the Eighty-Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 

the speeches, and all saw the fireworks, the first exhibition 
of the kind that this city had ever witnessed. 

March 5th we again boarded the cars for Brashear. We 
knew nothing of our destination, but subsequent events 
proved this to be the initial movement of the ill fated Red 
River Campaign. We made this trip in much greater com- 
fort than we did the other, and with far less delay. We 
were promptl}' ferried across the bay, and went into camp 
at about the same place we had occupied a couple of times 
before. Sometimes unlooked for incidents happen, and 
there was one at this time. 

The cook of Co. F prepared coffee, which was pronounced 
not to be very good, but that was ascribed to the brackish 
waters of the bay. When the camp kettles were emptied, 
there was discovered among the coffee grounds a cartridge 
box and a hair brush. 

Instead of marching this time, we embarked on a boat 
and steamed up Bayou Teche to Franklin, which we reached 
about 2 o'clock on the night of the 10th. When morning 
dawned we disembarked, and went into camp some three 
miles west of Franklin. All our extra baggage had been 
placed in store at Berwick. Brashear City is on the New 
Orleans side of the bay, and the west side is called Berwick, 
which places we never saw again. 

Passing through Iberia on the 16th of March, we camped 
near the small lake Tasse. Next morning we resumed our 
march on the same road we passed over last October, and 
again camped near Vermillionville. We moved out next 
morning at daylight, and in due time reached our old battle 
ground of Grand Coteau, and camped near it. March 
20th we started again at daylight and stopped at Wash- 
ington. Here w^e passed the 19th Army Corps, which had 
rested for a day. The next day, this corps started first 
while we rested. 



History of the Eightv-Thikd Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 123 

As described before, this is an exceedingly fine country. 
The main crop and about the only one is sugar, as testified 
by the immense brick buildings, massive machinery and 
extensive slave quarters, all of which denoted great wealth. 
March 25th we came within six miles of Alexandria, march- 
ing most of the day in a heavy rain, and if anyone has an 
idea that the roads were gravel turnpikes he can disabuse 
his mind of that at once. Next day we passed through 
the town and camped on the bank of Red River. 

Rumors had by this time about settled into fact that 
our destination was Shreveport. This was certified to by 
the presence of a large fleet of gun boats and transports 
which had come up from the Mississippi river. 

We had accomplished this march in the easiest manner 
of any of our expeditions, and for the follow^ing reason 
which all will well remember. 

The corps was under the command of General Ransom, 
and it was to his care and foresight that we can ascribe it. 
He so arranged the different commands that we could move- 
out one morning at six o'clock and the next morning at 
seven o'clock, and he gauged each reveille so as to allow 
the full amount of rest. Then, during the day, we were 
halted for a ten minute rest every hour, and we could always 
depend on it. This gave the command such a rest that 
night found us in camp without undue fatigue. 

March 27th was general inspection and pay day for four 
months. 

On the 28th we again took up the line of march, following 
Bayou Rapides, tramping eighteen miles. We had bad 
roads the next day, but we went into camp near Cane river, 
a narrow, deep and sluggish stream, once the regular bed 
of Red river, which had changed its course through some 
freak so common in that section of our country. 

The bridge had been destroyed, so we had to halt and wait 
until the pioneer corps could lay a pontoon bridge which 



124 History of the Eighty-Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 

had been brought along in the wagon train. This was 
made of large wooden boats, or rather floats, which were 
anchored at certain distances apart, and stringers laid from 
one to the other, and on them planks for a floor were placed. 
All this material had been brought along, and it required 
no small amount of transportation, as but one float could 
be put on a wagon drawn by six mules. 

The bridge being completed, we resumed our movement 
on the 31st of March, being detailed as guard for the 
ammunition train of 150 wagons. On this day's travel we 
crossed Cane river several times, and at one of them those 
of the officers who were mounted forded the river while 
the infantry marched over the pontoon. I. W. Boatman 
gives the following episode that happened to Lieutenant 
Colonel Baldwin at one of these crossing places. 

He says: "I remember that when Colonel Baldwin 
rode into the river he let the bridle reins drop down on 
the horse's neck. Wanting his horse to move ahead, he 
spurred him in the flank and the next thing the Colonel 
went to the bottom. When he came up, one of the boys 
used his old command, 'prick him with a bayonet.' He 
lost his pistols from the holsters and when he got out 
ofl"ered anyone $10.00 to get them, but there is no record 
of it having been done." 

We passed through Cloutierville seeing all along the 
route ruins of gin houses and piles of burning Confederate 
cotton. We had long passed out of the sugar lands, and 
now were in the land of cotton. April 1st, we marched 
sixteen miles and the next da}^ went into camp near Natchi- 
toches (pronounced Nakitosh'.) This was reported to be 
the oldest Spanish town in the state, and its houses most 
certainly, had a rather medieval look. While at this 
camp, some members of other regiments were out forag- 
ing, and were captured and basely murdered. General 
Ransom sent out a detachment with orders to burn every- 



History op the Eighty-Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 125 

thing combustible, which orders were carried out with ex- 
ceeding cheerfulness. 

It was not according to the principles nor practice of the 
American soldier, to allow any opportunities to pass for 
either fun or profit, and here was one of these opportunities. 

A printing press with all the requisites for publication 
was discovered, and it was a mighty poor division that 
could not find typestickers, pressmen, and editors, and it 
was not long until there appeared a paper with the heading: 

NATCHITOCHES UNION-DAILY. 

(April 2, 1864.) 
Lieutenant Thos. Hughes, Editor. 
Sergeant H. R. Chambers & Co., Proprietors. 
Terms — 10c greenbacks, or $2.50 local shinplasters. 

OUR TICKET: On this side was printed 

For President, various articles on provi- 

Abraham Lincoln. sions, commercial and 

For Vice-President, financial topics, which are 

Andrew Johnson. not pertinent to this narra- 

tive. 

The paper used had been procured by cutting out the 
blank pages from some of the large blank books in the 
Court House. A copy of this paper is before me as I 
write. This town was at one time on the banks of the 
Red river and had steamboat accommodations, but the 
river took a notion to change its course, as it did at Cane 
river, and so left the town some four miles inland. 

We resumed our march on the 7th of April, through a 
magnificent forest of huge pitch pine trees. These trees 
were not so numerous on the ground, but the trunks were 
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126 History of the Eighty-Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 

would make most magnificent lumber, and somebody, long 
ere this writing has reaped a rich harvest from this land. 

This day's march brought us to Pleasant Hill, which 
contained only a few houses. The open ground through 
which the road ran, contained, at a rough estimate, about 
one thousand acres, in somewhat of a circular shape. The 
forest was dense all around it and thickly grown up with 
underbrush. 

We had marched all day on the 7th of April, in regular 
battle order, thinking we might come upon the enemy at 
any time. The wagon train was entirely in the rear, so 
the entire corps could be put into position on a very short 
notice, but the enemy kept retiring, with our cavalry 
closely pursuing. 

On the morning of the 8th, we started out in an entirely 
different manner. Each brigade was followed by its 
wagon train thus widel}^ separating the different commands. 
The Eighty-Third was detailed for guard to our brigade 
wagon train, and staid with it for some ten miles. We 
could hear the artillery ahead but thought it was our 
advance still driving the enemy. 

An aide now came back and ordered us to the front, on 
a double quick. We made as good time as possible, for 
seven miles, dodging around wagons, from one side of the 
road to the other, any way to get ahead. The road was 
very narrow, too narrow to more than turn a buggy around 
to say nothing of a six mule team. At last we emerged 
from the timber and could not see a single organized force 
for us to assist, for which we had been hurried forward. 
We were moved diagonally across an open field, across 
a small stream into the edge of a strip of woodland, where 
we were ordered to pile our knapsacks. 

At the date of compiling this history with all the facilities 
of verification of the intervening years, it seems best to 
forego somewhat, the regular chronological order, and go 



History of the Eighty-Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 127 

a little into what might be termed general history, that 
there might be a better understanding of the causes and 
reasons for the disaster that ensued to our forces on this 
fateful 8th of April, 1864. The following is taken from a 
manuscript in the hand-writing of Major McComas and 
doubtless is a compilation made by him : 

"The day we left Pleasant Hill was the beginning of 
the immediate cause. The remote cause was in its incep- 
tion, for which there was not a particle of necessity. It 
had been urged by Admiral Farragut, and by other eminent 
commanders that Mobile should be the objective point, 
but they were overruled. 

On this day, the cavalry reported that one division of 
troops could easily hold any position they could reach, not 
being aware that General Banks was being drawn into a 
net. 

General Dick Taylor had taken all measures for the 
battle which the silence of his chief seemed to authorize. 

His enemy was advancing in a single column across a 
country where the lack of water would render, on the 
first repulse, a retreat necessary. He had no further 
reinforcements to expect; he had, therefore, to act promptly. 

The Federal Army, not having made even any attempt 
to divert Taylor's attention, and the road, from which he 
did not swerve, being known, all that he had to do was to 
choose a favorable point at which to meet it, and compel 
it to give battle. 

Taylor's choice fell upon a spot called Sabine Cross 
Roads, three miles from Mansfield. It is formed by the 
intersection at right angles of the main road leading from 
the banks of Red river to those of the Sabine. Two 
roads which follow at a few miles on the right and the left 
in the direction of the main road terminate at the other 
road. The Federals had not discovered these, but the 
Southerners knew them well, and it was very important 



128 History of the Eighty-Third Ohio Voluntebr Infantry. 

to them to occupy these outlets. The cross road was on 
the border of a wood beyond which extended on the side of 
Pleasant Hill, a valley twelve to thirteen hundred yards 
long and about nine hundred yards wide. In this valley 
a rather deep ravine cut the main road perpendicularly and 
separated the two hills whose uncovered slopes were likewise 
crowned with thin pine woods. On the side of Pleasant 
Hill, the skirt of the wood and northeast of the road was 
a second valley, smaller than the first, separated from it 
in the direction of the valley by a small curtain of woods. 
Taylor resolved to wait for his adversaries on the hill upon 
the top of which was the cross road. The road between the 
Sabine and the Red rivers afforded great facilities to defend 
his position which commanded Mansfield. 

Walker's and Mouton's divisions occupied it on the 8th. 
General Green received orders to leave but a small de- 
tachment of cavalry in front of the Federal cavalry, and 
to come promptly and join him, so that all the army might 
be posted when the enemy should make its appearance. 
Lastly, Churchill was summoned in haste. He had twenty- 
eight miles to travel from Keatchie to Sabine Cross Roads, 
and consequently could not arrive in time to take part in 
the battle of the 8th. But Taylor well knew that Banks 
also could not engage all his forces that day and he relied 
on Churchill to resume the fight on the next day in case the 
Confederates did not gain the victory on the first. Walker 
had deployed his three brigades on the right of the road; 
Mouton's two brigades on the left. Each of these were 
supported by two batteries of artillery. Green's battery 
was not long in arriving and placing itself on Mouton's 
left, thus prolonging the line of battle into the second 
valley. Each of these cross-roads were occupied by a regi- 
ment of cavalry, while a third remained in reserve, with 
one battery. 



History of thb Eighty-Third Ohio VoLtJNTEER Infantry. 129 

Taylor's forces in the field amounted to only 5,300 infantry, 
3,000 cavalry, and 500 artillery, or about 8,800 soldiers, or 
nearly 10,000 combatants, counting the officers as did the 
Federals. 

This was the condition of affairs on the Confederate side, 
on the mofning of the 8th. Now on the Federal side. 

The cavalry under General Lee had set forward at day- 
break with a brigade of infantry under Colonel Landrum. 
The position he was leaving was 16 miles from Mansfield 
and consequently only 12 miles from Sabine Cross Roads. 
The road which is rather narrow, passes through a number 
of glens, the passage of which would delay trains. It is 
bordered with pine woods, very thin on the heights and on 
the low ground covered with thickets of underbrush. 

"The Confederates having abandoned Bayou St. Patrice, 
and, having left in front of Lee but a mere curtain of scouts, 
the latter might have passed rapidly forward as General 
Franklin had directed him to do. 

"Thinking he had all of General Green's forces in front of 
him, he allowed himself to be deceived by the obstinacy of 
the enemy's rear guard. 

"The loss of a few men, among them a lieutenant-colonel, 
confirmed him in this opinion, and he placed two of Lan- 
drum's regiments in the first rank, immediately in the 
rear of the scouts. Then, not only did the cavalry not 
explore the country but it was preceded and covered by 
the infantry. It followed up in a column with the rest 
of the infantry a very little in advance of its immense train, 
whose guard absorbed about 1,200 men. 

"Lee had wished, it is true, to get rid of his proximity to 
the guard of his train and had asked Franklin to allow him 
to leave it in the rear of the infantry. Franklin refused 
this. If the cavalry's wagons had been placed where Lee 
wished, between his own train and the infantry, the latter 
could not have been provisioned. 



130 History of the Eighty-Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 

"In the meantime, the remainder of the army had com- 
menced to move. Smith was nearing Pleasant Hill, and 
between 10 and 11 o'clock Franklin had halted Ransom's 
and Emery's forces, to have them encamp near Bayou St. 
Pierre. Banks, after coming up and approving of the 
choice, had followed the cavalry, but now affairs were 
somewhat out of his hand, and he was not long in sending 
Emer}^ an order to forward the 2nd brigade of Landrum's 
division to support Lee. 

"The latter, in fact, when approaching Sabine Cross 
Roads found more or less resistance. Green was anxious 
to retard Lee's march in order to gain time to occupy the 
position assigned to him by Taylor. Franklin sent Ransom 
with the new reinforcement, recommending him not to 
engage his two brigades at the same time, and to relieve 
the one, which, bearing almost alone since morning all the 
weight of the enemy's cavalry, had need of rest. But 
Banks, who had got beyond the cavalry train without 
having given it the order to halt, was to decide otherwise. 

"Lee, a little before noon, had reached the valley back of 
which Taylor, with all the forces he had been able to 
gather, was in wait for him. When he attempted to 
cross it, he had been promptly checked by the enemy's 
cannon. Taylor kept himself on the defensive, but fully 
resolved no longer to give ground. 

"The train, whose head was onl}^ at a short distance, was 
held back by Lee, the latter having understood at the first 
glance that he was in the presence of a considerable force. 
But Banks, who had in the meantime arrived, only, thought 
of pushing forward, forgetting that his divisions of infantry 
were in echelon on the road at such distances apart they 
could not sustain one another efficiently. He sent word to 
Franklin to move forward at once the Thirteenth Army Corps, 
and directed Lee to maintain himself in his position until 
its arrival. Without taking into consideration the fatigue 



History of the Eighty-Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 131 

of the infantry brigade which had been in the advance of 
the cavalry since morning, he allowed it to deploy on the 
right when Ransom came about two o'clock to form the 
balance of the Fourth Division, holding both sides of the 
road. This line, established in the middle of the glade 
on the slope of the hill in a good position was reinforced 
by several batteries of artillery, and was flanked on the 
left by Lucas' cavalry and on the right by Dudley's; the 
latter extending to the second glade. 

"Robinson's brigade of cavalry remained in reserve near 
the train. 

"For nearly two hours the two divisions watched each 
other without any movement. If Lee had not been 
hindered by the infantr}^ and artiller}- and his train, he 
might easily have fallen back on the bulk of the army 
but his position no longer permitted him either to advance 
or retire. 

"Taylor, who was in no hurry to take the offensive availed 
himself of the delay to rectify his line of battle. He 
withdrew Randall's brigade from the line occupied by 
Walker to reinforce on the left that of Mouton, which 
appeared to him to be threatened. Finally, Banks, in- 
formed of the approach of Cameron's division, suddenly 
decided on making an attack. 

"Unfortunately for him, while Lee was endeavoring to 
dissuade him from so rash a design, his adversaries did 
not give him time to accomplish it. Taylor, who wished 
to compel him to fight before the arrival of all his infantry, 
directed Mouton to set his column in motion. Polignac 
on the left. Gray in the center and Randall on the right 
of the road, advanced supported by Major's cavalry, who 
had dismounted to deploy in the woods before the glade. 

"At the sight of this movement. Ransom, to forestall it, 
carried his right to the enemy's front. He had less than 
2,500 men in line and he could escape only by a bold stroke 



132 History of the Eighty-Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 

at a critical moment. The fight began in the glade. The 
galling fire of Vance's Federal Brigade checked the South- 
erners for a moment. In order to sustain it against the 
superior forces which threatened to crush it, Ransom was 
obliged to weaken his left and summon a part of Emmons, 
brigade. Thanks to this reinforcement, the Federals who 
had promptly drawn back as far as the skirt of the woods, 
reformed and offered energetic resistance. The Southern 
officers exposed themselves as an example to their soldiers. 
A great number of them fell. Mouton was one of the 
first among the killed. Then the Colonels met the same 
fate as he. The struggle for a moment was indecisive. 
But Taylor's right, in its turn engaging in the fight, easily 
won the victory, for it had in its front but a few hundred 
of Emerson's infantry and dismounted cavalry who were 
too much concerned about the fate of their horses to offer 
the enemy a solid front of resistance. At the first shock, 
Ward's and Scurry's brigades, directed by Walker, over- 
threw the Federals, climbed up the hill and captured 
Nim's battery, whose horses had been reached and whose 
officers allowed themselves to be shot at their places. 
The assailants reached the skirt of the woods at the moment 
when Franklin arrived in the battle field with the first 
companies of Cameron's division. 

"He had diligently responded to Banks' summons, and 
this division had traveled almost constantly at a double 
quick, the distance from Bayou St. Patrice to Sabine 
Cross Roads. But it came too late to repair the disaster, 
which, after all, it would not have been able to prevent, as 
it did not muster more than 1,500 combatants. 

"Rapidly forming on the right and left of the road, it 
held Taylor back for a moment in the skirt of the woods, 
and supported the troops that resisted Taylor's left wing, 
but the number and the vigor of the assailants soon drove 
it back into the woods. 



History of the Eighty-Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 133 

"Flung upon the road, it found itself encumbered by 
Lee's train. The three batteries which still covered the 
front of the Federals, could neither fire nor maneuver in 
the woods. Their drivers abandoned them to the enemy 
and thrust themselves and their teams in the midst of 
the train wagons which in vain tried to turn and flee. 
The cavalry who had again taken their horses, pressed 
upon the scattered infantry. The confusion of the left 
extended to the right which found itself pressed upon in 
the rear and which Polignac, succeeding Mouton, directed 
with the spirit and clear sightedness of the veteran. The 
rout was complete. Banks endeavored to check it with 
personal courage, which, unfortunately did not redeem 
his military faults. Franklin and Ransom did their best 
to assist him and were both wounded. The fugitives 
dispersed in the woods, abandoning to the enemy, with 
the road, the possession of the train, which strove in 
vain to escape them. A few overturned wagons obstructed 
the way, and Taylor's soldiers captured two hundred and 
fifty of them. They had besides gathered nearly two 
thousand five hundred prisoners, twenty cannon and 
several flags. It was five o'clock. One hour had sufficed 
to secure them a complete victory, and, notwithstanding 
the losses they had sustained in the beginning of the 
action, they continued to press on so as to give no time to 
rally. 

"Emery, by three o'clock had reached a small tributary 
of Bayou St. Patrice within two miles of the bridge, where 
the Nineteenth Army Corps had halted and established its 
camp, when, three-quarters of an hour after, he received 
orders to proceed in all haste with two days' rations on the 
track of his corps. This order, forwarded by Franklin at the 
moment he was starting from Sabine Cross Roads with 
Cameron's Division, had experienced unaccountable delay, 
which might have been followed by disastrous consequences. 



134 History of the Eighty-Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 

Emer}', without losing an instant, had set in motion his 
splendid division; he was on his way a few moments after 
four o'clock, marching by the flank, the only formation 
compatible with the narrowness of the road. Whilst he 
thus advanced in good order towards the enemy, the swarm 
of fugitives rushed in the opposite direction." 

Leaving now the general account which makes clear the 
real cause of our defeat, we will return and pursue the line 
of narrative which will disclose the action and conduct of 
our own regiment. 

Directly in front of our piles of knapsacks stood two 
small mountain howitzers, but with nobody to serve them. 
We could see but little, but we knew the enemy was envelop- 
ing our right. We were marched to the left, being led by 
General Stone. He marched us to support a battery and 
it soon became warm. 

The enemy's skirmishers came down the hill on the run, 
and the bullets were flying thickly. We retreated to the 
top of the hill, from which point we were sending shells 
and bullets as fast as we could. We soon saw it was of 
no use; we were overpowered. Now we could hear the 
yip, yips as they kept edging towards our rear, and the 
sounds of their nmskets did not have a very soothing 
tendency. 

We knew the Nineteenth Army Corps had not been engaged, 
and it was now a race to get behind them before we should 
be captured. It has been fully explained about the road 
being blocked by the wagon train and how difficult it was 
to make any headway to a place of safety. Many became 
completely exhausted, and felt compelled to drop their 
muskets, thinking it was better to lose a gun than oneself. 
Guns could be picked up most any place, but a "gun car- 
rier," when once lost could not be replaced so easily. 
This action should not be branded as cowardice, but as 
an ordinary case of thoughtfulness. After going as far 



History of the Eiohty-Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 135 

as one's strength would allow, throwing away a gun, to 
prevent a soldier's capture, is not a blameworthy act. 

Our march to the battle field from the time we left the 
wagon train was a forced one, so much so, that we went 
on the firing line almost in a state of exhaustion. The 
sting of defeat with its consequent depression was a poor 
resource from which to draw additional strength when it 
was so much needed. At last the welcome sight of 
those large. Eastern regiments met our eyes, and it was 
more than a pleasure to see them come into line of battle 
with as much care and accurac^^ as if they were going on 
dress parade, and, standing quietly, wait for the word 
of command. 

Soon the enemy appeared, on the run, expecting merely 
to face a force that had only been rallied, and which they 
could easily overthrow. 

These were new men, however, who at the command 
raised their rifles and at the word fired such a crushing 
volley as waked the echoes. The enemy was totally 
surprised and instantly all their cheers were hushed. 

It was now dark and our retreat was continued somewhat 
more slowly. We stumbled along as best we could in 
groups of twos and threes until we came to a small clearing 
where a fire had been built. There w^e stopped and counted 
our losses. We had lost about fifty. Captain Burns, of 
Compan^^ A was killed. Captain Waldo had led a detail 
into the woods to see what was there and none of them 
came back. Captain Waldo was wounded and died in a 
rebel prison. 

That our hale and hearty comrade, Charles W. Snyder, 
does not lie under the pines of Western Louisiana as do 
these two, is entirely due to the action of Washington 
Drake of Company G. It happened in this wise. It was 
late in the battle when Snyder was struck by a musket 
ball in the right shoulder which passed through his body 



136 History ok the Eighty- Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 

and shattered the right shoulder blade. He fell and Drake 
leaned over and asked what he could do for him. He 
asked him to cut off his cartridge box and sprinkle his 
face with water, as he felt himself losing consciousness. 
The water revived him and he was bewailing his danger 
of being made prisoner, when, without a moment's delay, 
and when moments were most precious, Drake stepped 
to his head, stooped down, caught him by the thighs and 
tossed him on his shoulder, then turned and ran with the 
wounded man on his back. 

They succeeded in remaining within our lines and 
eventually Synder reached New Orleans where he secured 
medical aid, though it was eight days before the wound 
was properly dressed. 

This was a heroic action on the part of Drake and 
heroically done, as neither stood one chance in fifty of 
escaping. He risked his life and liberty in this noble 
action to save a friend, regardless of himself. 

Captain James P. Cummins was also wounded and was 
in an ambulance and making good time. The driver, 
however, was a poor judge of space and attempted to 
drive between two trees which were too close together 
when the ambulance stuck. The driver cut out one of 
the horses and mounting it, rode off and left the ambulance 
with its occupants to its fate. The instinct of self-preserva- 
tion was sufficiently strong to urge further exertion and 
the Captain also made his escape. 

As stated before, the day had closed down and we 
rested awhile in the darkness which was but slightly 
tempered by some camp fires. 

At eleven o'clock we were called into line, exhausted as 
we were, to continue our retrograde movement. It was a 
necessity — either walk or be captured. The night was very 
cold and there was not a blanket in the whole regiment, 
everything we possessed having been lost. The road ahead 



History op the Eighty-Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 137 

had to be carefully inspected to avoid ambush. In con- 
sequence the movement was spasmodic. The necessity for 
sleep dominated every man. The first sergeant of each 
company would all at once find that the company ahead 
had moved and left a wide gap. He would then start and 
those behind would be roused and follow him. The next 
thing he would know, there would be a jam of men, when 
they had run together. This was repeated all along the 
line, occurring time after time, proving every man had been 
asleep either when standing or walking. After every stop, 
there were details of guards, to wake up any who had failed 
to be aroused when the column moved. All night long this 
continued. The road lay through a forest of pitch pine, 
and at every stop, by sitting down and feeling around on 
the ground, a dozen or so of dry pine knots could be col- 
lected. A match would be struck, and soon a cheerful 
blaze would be started, giving warmth and comfort, to a 
crowd which would soon collect. 

As it began to get lighter we made better time and about 
8 o'clock reached Pleasant Hill and dropped down to rest 
on the same spot we had left but twenty hours before. 

After we had rested a couple of hours, the division general 
rode up to put the command into some sort of shape. He 
called one regiment after another, and lining up the sur- 
vivors, turned them over to their officers. Among others, 
the 130th Illinois was called. There was no response at 
first, until at last a tall slim youth, with a coon skin cap 
(tail and all), on his head, meandered out and, jamming the 
butt of his musket on the ground stood still with a non- 
chalant air. After a short interval of waiting the general 
said, "Well, where are the rest"? The reply was, "Guess 
I am about all that is left". There were some smiles, but 
it was too tragic for any hilarity. None of us were very 
much inclined that way, as each one thought what a narrow 



138 History of the Eighty-Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 

escape he had from being among that company which was 
on its way to a rebel prison. 

It was a small, sorry looking detachment that filed off 
the field and away from the coming battle, but not too late 
to see the arrangements which were made to give the enemy 
a warm reception. On the spot where we had camped, a 
battery had been placed in echelon, and it looked as if it 
was about to be abandoned, but on two sides of it and con- 
cealed by the forest were heavy lines of artillery. About 
the middle of the afternoon the enemy sighted the battery 
and immediately said "that's our meat", and started to 
take it. This battle was conducted with a good deal more 
wisdom and judgment than the day before, and the result 
made our retreat much safer. 

As we marched away we could hear the roar of the battle, 
but we kept on towards Natchitoches, until two o'clock in 
the morning, when we were permitted to rest until daylight, 
which was the morning of the tenth of April. Every one 
looked haggard; eyes sunken, cheeks hollow, and stomachs 
more so. We marched a few miles further and halted for 
the day and got a rest that was much needed. 

On April 11th we moved back to Grand Ecore, the Red 
river landing for Natchitoches, Avhere our flanks could be 
protected by the gunboats, and went into camp about a 
half-mile from the river. 

On the 13th we began to fortify, as there were numerous 
reports of the advance of the enemy, in force. We built 
heavy earthworks, surmounting them with heavy logs rest- 
ing upon cross pieces, to leave a space underneath. These 
we named "skull savers", as we could fire from under them- 
The trees in front were cut down into what is termed a 
"slashing", that is, felling the trees without any order. To 
get through them would have been impossible, and had it 
been tried the attacking party would have been annihilated. 
We had many reports which kept us in a state of excitement- 



History of the Eighty-Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 139 

A retreating army is very sensitive to the sound of firearms, 
reports of danger, etc. 

On the 18th, Co. F was detailed as guard to a boat down 
to Alexandria, where it arrived at three o'clock, P. M., and 
without being fired on from the bush fringed bank. The 
regiment remained quietly in this camp, that is, in com- 
parative quiet, hemmed in as we were by a strong force of 
the encm}^ 

At this time of the year, the weather was very pleasant, 
which was a good thing as we were destitute of all kinds 
of camp equipage. 

Orders were issued for us to move on the 21st, which we 
did, but went only about half a mile and halted until mid- 
night to allow the train to cross Cane river. We made a 
forced march through Cloutierville, and went into camp 
near the Cane river ford. The next day we attempted to 
cross, where we had pontooned over when on our outward 
march, but we found the enemy was prepared to dispute 
the passage, and had a battery on the hill which com- 
manded the road. The division moved back some few 
miles, out of sight of the enemy, and, wading the river, 
we soon came upon their rear, and, surprising them cap- 
tured the mounts of a couple of regiments. 

It was at this point the Eighty-Third had a supreme 
test of courage. We were moved around and posted on 
a hill entirely out of sight of the rest of the division. The 
foot and slopes of the hill were covered with a very heavy 
copse. We were given to understand that in all probability 
the enemy was therein concealed and we might be fired 
on any minute. The front rank was made to kneel, the 
rear rank to stand, every gun to be loaded, hammers all 
up, and fingers on the triggers. Here we stood, for it 
seemed an hour, on this kind of a mental strain, with the 
shadow of death covering us all, and not a man flinched 
during the ordeal. It was a scary place, and no mistake. 



140 History of the Eighty-Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 

Fortunately, there was no enemy, and we were marched 
to our place in the division. 

This feeling of nervousness was not confined to our 
regiment by any means, as the following will show. 

An attempt was made to put the division in line, but to 
bring the different regiments up promptly was found 
impossible. Some would push too far ahead, and other 
parts of the line too far back. Several times it was tried 
and each time the line was as crooked as the proverbial 
dog's hind leg. At last the general rode out in front and 
in a loud tone called, "Halt!" He then put the division 
through a drill in the manual of arms for five minutes or 
more. B}^ that time everybody saw how cool and collected 
he was, and when he said, "Now you can straighten the 
line," we did in about as quick a time as it took him to 
say it. There were two dead lying in the field, which 
was not conducive to quietness of feeling, but we forgot 
all about that and were again ready for duty. 

The enemy was very aggressive, but the Nineteenth 
Army Corps were entirely capable of taking care of them. 
Their movements and battles are not pertinent to this 
history, only when we were engaged with them or formed 
a part of a line with them. 

On the 21st of April we marched to Henderson's Hill and 
came to Red river, camping on Bayou Rapides, at exactly 
the same spot we did on going out. On the 26th we 
reached Alexandria where we remained until the 28th. 

Company F here joined the regiment on the 26th from 
their duty as steamer guard, having escaped all the fatiguing 
march from Grand Ecore. 

In Voorhees' diary there is an account of some sharp 
practice which was played on the quartermaster. There 
were several barrels of whiskey on the bank, covered with 
tarpaulins. Some of the boys got under the cover, drew 
out and filled all the canteens they could get; borrowed 



History of the Eighty-Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 141 

from the boat cook some big dish pans (and they were big 
ones) and filled them. It was of the forty rod kind and 
its influence did not add anything to the good behavior 
or decency of the regiment. 

On the 28th our old general, McClernand, arrived and 
again assumed command of his old Corps. He changed 
the Eighty-Third from the Third to the First Brigade, 
placing Colonel Moore in command. 

On this date there was much excitement. An attack 
was threatened, and we moved out, masking our artillery, 
but no enemy appeared. 

On returning we found everything in confusion; camp 
torn up, things lost, sutlers cut loose and run, and for once 
we got some goods at a very low price, that is, for nothing. 
Voorhees says he got one boot and the next day sold it 
to the man who had its mate for four dollars. The same 
diary says: "Washed my clothes, have only one suit. 
Have to wear blouse when I wash my shirt, have to wear 
drawers when I wash pants. How would that do in these 
days of 1912?" 

While here we again saw the Eighth Wisconsin carrying 
with its flag, the famous live eagle, "Old Abe," the first 
time having been near Raymond in May, 1863. He was 
on a perch with a chain fastened to his leg, but seemed to 
be perfectly at home and his bright eyes seemed to take 
in the surroundings. 

On the 29th, we threw up rifle pits in an hour and a half, 
so as to be ready in case of any attempt to surprise us. 

On May 2nd, we went with the wagon train for forage 
some six or seven miles to Moore's plantation, where there 
was a small skirmish; the rebels losing one man killed and 
several wounded, while we lost none. This has been 
raised to the dignity of a battle in some books, but it 
seemed to be far enough from one. It was only a skirmish 
'and not much of a one at that. 



142 History of the Eighty-Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 

On the 4th, we were moved out three miles as a support 
to the Third Division, which was a guard to prevent an 
attack on the fleet which was in danger of being lost owing 
to low water. 

Our provisions ran low so we were put on two-thirds 
allowance, but we more than made that up by pork which 
we found on foot at different places. Corn meal also was 
procured, and griddle cakes were a very common thing. 
We had a fine griddle here. A saw mill near by had met 
the fate that most always came to machinery of any 
kind, when it might be used against us. 

Some of the bo^'s took the saw off of the mandrel, rolled 
it to camp, blocked it upon bricks, and fired it with fence 
rails. We could bake fifty cakes at a time, if we wanted 
to, but generall}^ two or three messes used it at the same 
time. We could thus be economical ivith the fuel I Our 
stay here was while the wing dams were being built to 
save the fleet, but all this is detailed in general history, and 
finds no place here. 

On the 13th, we again took up the line of retreat, moving 
some ten miles. 

From a letter dated May 6th, the following extract 
is made: 

"We are inside our breast works but often have to 
tumble out of our beds at da^'light, and everybody must 
be in the ranks and read}'. There are so many alarms that 
I am almost afraid to change shirts for fear the}' will hurry 
us oft" before I can put the old one in my 'trunk.' Some- 
times we wash our faces and sometimes we don't. About 
once a week I can manage that before breakfast, and at 
other times, whenever it is convenient." 

When we abandoned Alexandria, some warehouses, con- 
taining supplies, were set on fire, and the wind carried the 
flames to other buildings so the town was rather badly 
burned. The streets were piled full of cotton, and of 



History of the Eighty-Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 143 

course this was all burned. It seemed too bad, when 
at this time it was worth a dollar a pound. But war has 
no particular feeling or sentiment and often treats friends 
arid foes alike. 

On the 14th of May, wc followed the river for eighteen 
miles, starting at five o'clock, and keeping on the road 
until nearly midnight, stopping between the levee and the 
river. This march was a very fatiguing one, as the advance 
had to force its way along. Whenever the front became 
engaged or had to repair a bridge, the infantry must stop 
and wait. There was no certainty about the length of the 
stops. It might be two minutes or two hours. With this 
uncertainty many would often stand propping the knap- 
sack on the muzzle of the musket, while others would 
immediately drop and take their chances of getting a good 
rest. 

After night we had to wait for signals, and these were 
made by setting on fire some building, which would tell 
us the road was again clear. These signals were made 
first on one side of the road and then on the other at 
irregular intervals. 

On the 15th we rested most of the day while the cavalry 
skirmished, but about five o'clock we were called into 
line and marched rapidly until two o'clock, camping near 
Fort DeRussey, tired, footsore, and, as rations were short — 
hungry. 

On May 16th, we were aroused at daybreak and soon 
found ourselves on the plains of Marksville. Our regiment 
was the rear guard and our line of march was paralleled 
by a rebel line some mile or two to our right. They had a 
large gun hauled by oxen and we were often treated to a 
shell from it. Our cavalry kept between the infantry and 
the enemy and were constantly skirmishing. The front 
of the column had a very heavy artillery duel, lasting some 
two hours, in which the gunboats participated, but the 



144 History op the Eighty-Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 

enemy were rather chary and did not press us so as to 
hinder us very much. 

Kirby Smith said he intended to have our train or lose 
his army, but he did neither. 

May 17th we followed Bayou LaGlaze and crossed a 
small bayou at Fort Taylor, which was being leveled by 
pioneers. 

We were now drawing near the Atchafalaya, (ach-af- 
a-lr'-a) which, at this season of the year was an outlet of 
the Mississippi and, in consequence of the high water, was 
a formidable stream. 

Kirby Smith thought now he had us, as he reasoned 
when we had ferried half of our army across, and they 
could not assist he would surely gather in all on the West 
side. 

But he missed when he failed to reckon on Yankee 
bravery and Yankee ingenuity. On the 18th, the enemy 
made his attempt to stampede us, but our old Commander, 
A. J. Smith was ready to meet him with several batteries 
of artillery. This artillery was fired by battery, the whole 
six guns at once, one battery after another without inter- 
mission. These volleys were simply terrific, and no force 
could withstand them. They rapidly drew off, but left 
some four hundred prisoners in our hands. 

But this deep, wide and swift stream was to be crossed, 
and had we used our boats for ferrying, the result would 
have been different in all probability. This is where 
Yankee ingenuity came in again. 

We had plenty of steamboats, using twenty-three, and 
they were steamed into line with their bows up stream. 
Anchors were then dropped and with the windlasses each 
boat was warped to the exact line where the gang planks 
would reach from center to center of each boat. Con- 
tributions were then exacted from the fences, and every- 
thing in the shape of a board was called in and used as 



History of the Eighty-Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 145 

flooring, over which, from bank to bank the army began 
to move in safety and with marvelous rapidity. 

A steady stream of men, teams, wagons and artillery 
kept moving for three days and nights and Kirby Smith 
was cheated. 

The Eighty-Third was detailed and worked all night of 
the 19th, assisting the teamsters or wherever needed. It 
was a beautiful and inspiring sight to look at that massive 
bridge of steamboats and when the last man was across, 
the paddle wheels started, boards flew in all directions, 
the gang planks were hauled to safety and the bridge lived 
only in history. On the 22nd of May, the anniversary 
of the assault on Vicksburg the previous year, we reached 
Morganza Bend, and thus ended the famous Red River 
Campaign. 

There has been much censorious criticism on this expedi- 
tion, and General Banks comes in for a good share of it. 
As the years have gone by, he has been largely exonerated. 
As to its inception, one is not always able to see broad 
national as well as international questions in all their 
ramifications. For this reason, much has been said and 
written that was unfair and unjust. 

In the National Tribune of December 5, 1912, is an 
article from which the following is taken, that fits the case 
and will clear up from many minds what is no doubt very 
dimly understood. 

"When a truthful history of the Red River Campaign 
shall be written, it will be found that General Banks, far 
from being blamed for its conception, persistently opposed 
it from the start." 

Horace Greeley, in his American Conflict, says: 

"Much odium was excited by the circumstances that 
sundry cotton speculators visited Alexandria during its 



146 History of the Eighty-Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 

occupation by our forces, armed with permits from the 
President or the Treasury Department, so that the cam- 
paign wore the aspect of a gigantic cotton raid, prosecuted 
at the expense of the country for the benefit of individuals. 
General Banks was in no way implicated in these sordid 
operations. Not so Admiral Porter. He, unlike Banks, 
had been an original advocate of an advance on Shreveport. 
He had signalized his movement up Red river by a pro- 
clamation or order, claiming for the fleet, (that is in a 
great part for himself) all the cotton within a league of 
that river as a lawful prize of war." 

We had been halted some ten miles back from the river, 
where we drew three day's rations and started up the river. 
It was probably the intention to go somewhere after 
guerrillas, but the order was countermanded, greatly to our 
satisfaction. On May 22nd, we started to rejoin our 
Army Corps, and, under a blazing sun we made the trip 
and went into camp at Point Coupee and at last had a 
chance for rest which we so sorely needed. 

We were expected to rest very rapidly for on the 24th 
we were ordered to embark on the Colonel Cowles which 
we did with two other regiments. This made it too 
crowded, and the Eighty-Third was ordered on shore. 
The boats steamed away leaving the Eighty-Third Ohio 
and Nineteenth Kentucky. We remained quietly here 
until the 28th when we embarked on the Pioneer for Baton 
Rouge. Sergeant Gray, of Company K, went in bathing 
before we began loading and was drowned. As he w^as 
an excellent soldier and a very companionable man, he was 
greatly missed. 

Landing at Baton Rouge about 5 P. M., we went into 
camp on vacant ground on the east side of the little city 

This had been the capital of the State and contained 
the State House, or rather the remains of it, as it had been 



History of the Eighty-Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 147 

burned. The penitentiary and a few other pubHc buildings 
were here still in use. This was also a United States Mili- 
tary Station, and contained quarters for soldiers, but just 
now it was not much in use. 

At this season of the year the temperature was verj^ 
high, and in addition we were tormented by swarms of 
mosquitoes. Sleep or rest of any kind was unobtainable, 
until the quartermaster issued to every one a mosquito 
net. These pests were so numerous, so ravenous and 
determined, that it was very difficult to circumvent them. 
In fact, several of the enlisted men averred that sometimes 
one big one would hold up the edge of the net while the 
rest crawled under to the feast. However, as there is 
no sworn affidavit as to the correctness of this statement, 
its accuracy will not be called in question, and each reader 
will be allowed to accept or reject it as he sees fit. 

Our time here was about two months, spent in the usual 
camp duties, including drill of all kinds. Among other 
exercises was a Non-Commissioned Officers' drill. All 
those wearing chevrons were put into a practice company, 
and, as many of them were accustomed to giving orders, 
and explaining all movements, they were far above the 
general level of efficiency. The Adjutant, (Jno. B. Mitchel) 
who was the drill-master, distinctly said that we marched 
and maneuvered like regulars. 

The only affair of interest while here was a review by 
General Sickles. 

On the 14th of July we were assigned to the Third 
Brigade, Third Division, Nineteenth Army Corps. 

On the 21st we boarded the Red Chief and were off for 
Algiers, where we again occupied our old camp, with the 
same results. The time here was spent mostly over in the 
city, that is, whenever we could get a pass. At 2 o'clock 
on the morning of July 26th, reveille sounded, very unex- 
pectedly. We embarked on a steamer as one of a fleet 



148 History of the Eighty-Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 

carrying a strong force, for Morganza. It had been re- 
ported that General Taylor, with 20,000 men was threaten- 
ing it, which would put a sharp stricture in our line of 
transportation. We landed here sometime in the night 
and on the 28th unloaded and went into camp. 

The temperature was such that we needed neither tents 
nor blankets, but used both when we had time to put the 
one up and fold the other for a bed. 

There was nothing in particular at this camp, any different 
from any other until September 12th, when we boarded 
the "Ohio Belle" and ran up the river about 15 miles, 
when the Eighty-Third was put on board the Monitor 
Ozark. It was another wild goose chase. Just as if you 
could sneak up on a regiment of soldiers with several 
steamboats and a gunboat!! 

If we did not get any prisoners, we did get twenty-six 
head of cattle and fifty sheep. These last broke and ran 
and had to be individually captured. There was a sting 
to this capture, in that we had to divide with the rest of 
the brigade. After the Eighty-Third had captured all 
the sheep, we were graciously given our share; twelve sheep 
for ten companies. Company C sent their portion back 
and told the quartermaster to give it to Colonel Moore. 

When we got back to our camp, we had another chase, 
towards Atchafalaya. 

This was a low water season, and no water of any amount 
was coming from the Mississippi, which enabled the enemy 
to ford the stream in some places, and make incursions 
which were more annoying than hurtful. Not finding 
any enemy to fight, we had to take it out on the mosquitoes 
of which we had a surfeit. 

On the evening of September 30th we were ordered to 
be ready with ten days' rations. 

On October 1st, we started again for the Atchafalaya, 
as there seemed to be a threatening force on the west side. 



History of the Eighty-Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 149 

Skirmishing was indulged in for a week or more, and several 
were severely wounded and some few mortally, while a 
detachment on crossing over to investigate more thoroughly 
was captured. 

On the 9th we started back, and reached the river about 
noon. 

On the 11th was the day for the State Election, and 
the ballot resulted in 168 Republican, 71 Democratic. 

Detachments were constantly being sent out against 
guerillas, and different threatening bands, which had 
become quite bold since the Red River Campaign. 

On the 18th we made one of these tramps towards Sims- 
port. It was on this trip a flag of truce came in seeking 
an exchange of prisoners. The truce with its escort was 
sent to General Lawler at Morganza Bend, and hostilities 
were suspended during this time. The truce resulted in 
an exchange being effected at Simsport, after which we 
were ordered back to Morganza, 26 miles, which we made 
in single file, along bridle paths, there being no wagon 
roads. 

On the 26th we marched three miles up the river, where 
our forces were building corduroy roads, where we expected 
to stay twenty days. 

On the 29th the Second Brigade relieved us and we 
returned to our regular camp. 

For twenty-one days we had been on this most strenuous 
duty at the Atchafalaya, and we most heartily hated the 
place, and now we had orders to embark. 

Three regiments crowded on the steamer Illinois for the 
mouth of White river, on November 1st. As we steamed 
up the Mississippi, we again had a sight of those places 
which had been made memorable: Natchez, Bruinsburg, 
Grand Gulf, Warrenton, Vicksburg, Young's Point, 
Milliken's Bend, 

"and every danged camp which our infantry knew." 



150 History of the Eighty- Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 

Landing opposite Cypress Bend all the regiments marched 
some eight miles back to attend to some prowling bands 
of the enemy. About the only enemies we succeeded in 
capturing were chickens, hogs and yams. Ever^^ soldier 
had strict orders not to allow themselves to be bitten by 
either a hog or a chicken, and it was obeyed. 

As nothing was found, the boats continued up the river. 
Passing Napoleon, we landed at the mouth of White river, 
where we were to make our camp. It was a miserably 
muddy place, ground soft as was all this alluvual soil. 
In addition to our discomfort, we were treated to a storm 
of wind and rain. 

A detail was sent down to Napoleon for lumber, and 
found the town entirely deserted. From these houses were 
appropriated all kinds of material that was thought would 
be useful in making such shelters as would keep us in 
comparative comfort. Any kind of a shack that would 
keep the rain from above or the mud from below from our 
persons, was a thing very highly prized. 

It was while at this camp that Colonel Moore and a 
detail of sergeants returned from Ohio, and brought with 
them a large portable oven. This would bake, at one 
time, about two hundred and forty loaves of light bread, 
and from now on, fresh bread was an every day luxury, 
whenever we were in camp for a few days. While here 
we exchanged our bronzed Enfield rifles for bright Springfields. 

This was also a wooding station for steamboats, and 
there was, therefore, a sharp demand for wood choppers. 
There were three detailed from each company, and allowed 
one dollar a cord for their labor. 

On December 6th, we embarked on the steamer "Henry 
Chouteau" with the One Hundred and Fourteenth Ohio 
Volunteer Infantry and, running all night, reached Vicks- 
burg about seven o'clock. The weather was cold with 
much wind. The next day as we backed out into the 



History of the Eighty-Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 151 

Stream to resume our journey, there was an alarm of fire. 
This was especially feared on board a boat, as there is 
seldom any chance to escape. In this case, while there 
was much excitement there did not prove to be much dange. 

We barely stopped at Natchez going on to Morganza 
where we received orders to return to Natchez, first chang- 
ing boats, going in the "Belle Peoria." 

In the transfer of stores, the detail discovered a large 
consignment of goods from the Sanitary Commission, and 
the said detail made some appropriations especially of 
pickles. How did they avoid detection by the ever watch- 
ful officers? Why, by putting them in stove pipes and 
handing them out in that way. It was also said afterwards 
that the sutlers' sugar crackers tasted much better with 
the pickles than hard tack. 

Landing at Natchez on December 10th, we marched 
about a mile to Fort McPherson. While here the weather 
turned exceedingly cold for this latitude, so cold that there 
was quite a little flurry of snow. It would have looked 
good to us, had we been housed so as to have the least bit 
of comfort. Being enclosed by the fort we had no wood 
nor could we get any. We had to depend on the regular 
quartermaster's requisitions which was two cord sticks 
for one tent for a whole day, and these were not calculated 
to afford very much warmth in a house of thin muslin. 
The officers procured rooms in adjacent houses and with 
grates and stoves were very comfortable indeed, and they 
shared with their men very generously. 

During our stay here, the details for picket and foraging 
were very heavy, so much so as to put the men on duty 
about every other day. December passed and the New 
Year was ushered in, but brought nothing to the shivering 
soldiers that could be, by any stretch of imagination, 
tortured into the semblance of the many other times of 
like date that we had all experienced. The date was 
all we had in this instance. 



153 T T g ^j pny * or THR Erbtt-Thied Ohio Voutstbbk. Ixtantrt. 

Colonel Moore was placed in command of the fort on 
Januar}' Ist. lS6o. 

The cause of our being sent to Natchez was to be con- 
solidated with those of the Fom-Eighth Ohio \'olunteer 
Infantr\-, who did not veteranize. They came in on 
January- Sth and were formed into four companies — B. D. 
E. and F.; our regiment was made into six companies — 
A. C. G. H. I. and K.. we to retain our regimental number, 
the Eighr>-Third. 

We were brigaded with four regiments of colored infantr\- 
ini called Provost Brigade for dut\- at the Post. 

Colonel Moore was superseded in the command of the 
fort and made Brigade Commander. In a short time the 
Post Commander was reheved by General Davidson, who 
certainly lacked common humanit\ , however good an 
oS^cer he may have been. It is more than probably that 
he was given this command in order to shelve him, he 
ha\'ing proved useless elsewhere. This was one of the 
pc^ts used for that purpose. As an example of his inhu- 
manity, one but needs to know of his order to our regiment. 

This order had been made that we move camp about a 
mile and a half on the 9th of Januar>-. The preceding 
nig^t it rained constantly as it did all day. He was re- 
quested to postpone his order until the next day, but no. 
the order had been issued and must be obeyed. In conse- 
quence, we had to move. Ever\thing we had, and ever>' 
man was thoroughly soaked. Not only that, but he rode 
out and compelled us to have dress parade, getting into 
our tents about dark- 

On the 27th we were gladdened by the news of marching 
orders. As we moved out, we were highly complimented 
by General Davidson, who said the Eight>-Third was the 
best volunteer regiment he ever saw. It was a good thing 
he thought well of us, for it was more than we did of him. 



OLUTER \1. 

New Orkazts — Lake P.^zchirmlz— Barraacas — 
Fort Pickens — Pexssaoo<a — 3t{arcii u> aad assaalt 
af Blafahr— Mofcfle— <ialveston— Mnster oat— 
Cincmnati — Camp Demnsoo — HOME. 

On the 2Sth we boarded the steamer "Gray EagJe," and 
steamed down the river and on the morning of January* 
30th. woke up at Kennersville. eighteen miles above New 
Orleans. It was but a short run to the cirv' and we again 
had a sight of the wharf with its numerous ships and 
steamers from ever\- clime, loading and unloading. The 
traffic that cumbered the wharf was not all war material, 
by any means. Flour and cotton, com, oats, hay, goods 
of even.* kind and description, in boxes, bales and barrels; 
gangs of negro stevedores iii'ith overseers shouting innu- 
merable instructions and not always in the English language. 
No one would think there was any war on the continent 
except for the presence of multitudes of men in uniform . 

We stacked arms in front of the mint but soon boarded a 
train and were again oflF for Lake Ponchartrain. We were 
e\'idently expected for the steamer Alabama \H*as waiting 
for us. She was taking on board all kinds of \*-ar material, 
and among them, were a lot of wagons and mules. These 
latter were not always entirely tractable and often became 
stubborn. One of this kind became somewhat mulish 
and backed himself off the gang plank and into the lake. 
The platform from which the loading was done was a ver\- 
large one. and had been in use for so long a time that the 
planking, in some places, had become rotten and ver\- 
weak. 

Captain I>e Mar was walking around over the dock, and, 
stepping on one of these weak places, suddenly shot through 



154 History of the Eighty-Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 

and landed in the water over his head. The diary from 
which this incident is taken goes on to say that "De Mar 
was fished out but we did not know what became of the 
other mule." 

A good many 3^ears afterwards, Captain De Mar asked 
me for something of interest and the above, among other 
things was given him. He replied, "I remember very well 
about falling through the dock but had forgotten about 
the other mule. However, as the other fellow had neither 
pride of ancestry nor hope of posterity, while I had both, 
I was fished out," — which shows that the Captain could 
take a joke even if it were against himself. 

Our destination on the Alabama was unknown but as 
we passed Ship Island and reported to General Granger at 
Pascagoula, we came to the conclusion that we were bound 
for some port in Florida. Sure enough, the next morning 
we awoke in Pensacola Bay under the guns of Fort Pickens. 
Opposite Pickens was the old Spanish fort, whose guns 
frowned straight at the entrance. Across from Pickens on 
the West side stood Fort McRae, but dismantled and in 
ruins. 

High above us towered the light house, some 200 feet 
high and exactly opposite the entrance, but back on the 
high ground and above the old Spanish fort. 

It was on the morning of February 1st that we first 
caught a sight of the shores of the bay as we were riding 
at anchor. 

Our first thought was if we were now in Ohio we would 
be shivering around a red hot stove or shoveling snow out 
of our paths, and as our eyes fell on the shore and saw the 
hillocks of white sand, we thought, sure enough it was 
snow and shivered in sympathy with our imagination. 

We went into camp about a mile back from the shore, 
in a grove of pines. 

The soil was covered with a sod which made easy walking. 



History of the Iughty-Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 155 

The camp itself was made into a thing of beauty. Each 
tent was considered as a residence. The front was laid 
off like a lawn, green branches of the pines were planted, 
the surface was variegated by the use of brown sand for 
a base, and white sand for decorations. 

Each regiment vied with the others to see who could 
invent the most tasteful dooryard. 

The weather was generally very fine and much time was 
spent in drill, of all kinds — battalion, brigade and division. 
Inspections were about as common as guard mounting, to 
say nothing of reviews. However, we had so much expe- 
rience in all soldierly qualities and attainments, that we 
could have passed a very satisfactory inspection had we 
been called up in the middle of the night. 

The general opinion is that a lot of men housed in tents 
and camps as soldiers, away from all the amenities of 
civilized life, soon lose all that uplifts, and allow the animal 
part to dominate; that the life being one of destruction 
greatly reduces all kindness and care for others. 

It is a pleasure to say that the Eighty-Third had many 
men in it who looked far beyond the present and graded 
their lives so that when the end did come, be it soon or 
late, they could meet it serenely. There were times when 
the religious feeling ran high. We had no regular Chaplain 
worthy of the name, but Lieutenant Keene was ever ready 
to wave the Banner of the Cross. 

It was while in this camp that those influences which 
speak for a better life took precedence of all others, and 
what the future had in store seemed of far more importance 
than present pleasures. Some 400 made profession of 
their Faith and 20 were baptized in the Bay at one time. 
Some might say that imminent danger was at the bottom 
of the movement, but this was not the case, as nothing 
immediately threatening was before us, so that these 



156 History of the Eighty-Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 

professions were far from evanescent and were based on a 
deep seated conviction of duty and right. 

When our camp duties were fulfilled, it left us to go 
wherever our inclination led us. As we had never been 
on the sea shore before, the boundless ocean so to speak 
had a strong fascination for a good many of us, and we 
never became tired of looking at the waters. 

Then, it was a very great pleasure to stroll along the 
shore, especially when the tide was out, and gather what 
to us was new and strange forms of life — shells, star- fish, 
horse-shoe crabs, and all the various forms of life so com- 
mon in salt water, and so seldom or never seen in the interior 
where our homes were. 

Fort Pickens came in for inspection by many of us. It 
was a magnificent old fortress and had never lowered its 
colors at the demands of secession, but withstood the 
storm of shot and shell that General Bragg hurled against 
it in the early days of the war. It was commanded by 
Lieutenant Slimmer, who stood faithful to his post. 

But one could write pages about sights and scenes that 
would not be pertinent to Eighty-Third history, so we 
will allow each reader to see with his mind's eye the scars 
and shot holes of the old fort, the grim, dank appearance 
of the Spanish fort, the dark under-ground passage back 
to Fort Barrancas: — the Navy-yard, the bay, etc., etc. 

We here came under the command of Gen. C. C. Andrews, 
who complimented us very highly in saying that he had 
heard of us at Arkansas Post and Vicksburg; that we had 
borne a good deal; endured many hardships, but must 
be prepared to withstand still more severe ones. 

He was, most certainly, a very kind-hearted man, as all 
his orders signify. 

Colonel Moore returned from home, but things in and 
about the regiment did not suit him. On his first dress 
parade the adjutant read his order that whatever company 



History of the EIighty-Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 157 

presented the best appearance for the coming week should 
have the privilege of marching as the first company when 
on the march; and also that the twenty men who proved 
themselves the best soldiers in every respect, the neatest, 
cleanest, in all their equipment, with the best carriage 
and showing general efficiency for one month, should each 
be awarded a gold badge of honor to be worn by such soldier. 
From that time on, the general appearance of the regiment 
was kept to the highest notch. Individual members vied 
with each other in many ways. When preparing for guard 
mounting every one w^nt to as much pains as if he intended 
calling on his best girl. Every shoe was polished until 
it shone again, every strap of the accoutrement was polished 
also; every brass button, no matter how small, was made 
to glitter in the sunlight; and the gun! that was a thing 
of beauty. Polished and burnished; not a speck of dirt 
or dust or rust could be found either inside or outside the 
barrel; even the slots in the screws which held the plate 
on the butt and which rested on the ground were as bright 
as any exposed part of the piece. And with what pride 
did those who secured the prizes parade them on their 
breasts. Andrew Poth of Company K and W. D. Phares 
of Company E were two of the recipients, but we have 
no record of any others. Company A was awarded the 
honor of marching at the head of the regiment. 

The temperature here was very mild and agreeable, 
though the dampness from the gulf was favorable to the 
contraction of rheumatism, and caused much suffering in 
after years. 

On March 5th we were transferred from the Western 
Reserve Corps to the Thirteenth Army Corps, remaining 
Third Brigade, Second Division, as before, with Colonel 
Moore in command of the brigade. 

On March 10th we received marching orders, and to 



158 History of the Eighty-Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 

prepare our rations. The next morning we started for 
Pensacola, some fifteen miles distant. 

It was a very fatiguing march, the roads being quite 
swampy, making it difficult even for the infantry, to say 
nothing about the cavalry and artillery. 

We reached our destination about 4 P. M., and found 
a most desolate city. Ashes where houses used to stand; 
skeletons where the lumber had been taken to assist in 
tent making; while only about twenty families had habit- 
able dwellings. 

Most of the time here was spent in fishing in the bay 
for oysters, which were very palatable. 

On March 19th we received orders to prepare five days' 
rations, in a rather peculiar order. We were not to stint 
ourselves, but take all we could possibly carry, and then 
some. 

Every pound of superfluous baggage was ordered left 
behind and stored in Fort Pickens, while we were allowed 
for the regiment but two wagons, which is a very small 
allowance. Subsequent events proved that our general 
officers knew better about what was absolutely needed 
than we did in the ranks. It also proved that the order 
about rations was more than a mere guess. As to water, 
we could get that as we went along, or we might been have 
hampered by a couple of extra canteens each. 

Reveille sounded promptly at 4 A. M., and at 6 we 
swung into line and took up our march northward. The 
roads were good, especially for the infantry, but in the 
open places, where the covering of sod was sparse, woe 
be to the wagons or artillery. The instant the wheels 
cut through the surface, they never stopped dropping until 
the hubs struck the ground. On the 21st there was a 
terrible storm, not such a one as was described by a sufferer, 
who said, "first it blew, then it snew, then it thew, and 
then it friz." It blew, however, and it was not very long 



History of the Eighty-Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 15'.> 

until every one was about drenched. The teams mired 
down before they could get out of camp, and when getting 
into the road where other teams had passed, it was that 
much worse. Two companies were detailed to help the 
teams. On one occasion, while crossing a branch, the 
running water had made it much softer, where a battery 
essayed the passage. When the lead horses had got across 
where they could barely touch hard ground, the other four 
horses were belly deep in the mire, and some of them on 
their sides, while the gun itself was dragging in the mud. 

The team had given up, but one hundred men then 
hitched a long rope to the tongue and at the word, horses, 
gun and all walked right out of the mud to solid ground. 
This was repeated time after time as long as there was a 
team or piece of artillery that wanted to cross. 

At one time two gangs of men, each with a wagon and 
team in tow, ran a race across an open place in the forest, 
going at a trot, one of the wagons with all four of the 
wheels on top of the ground, the other with two on one 
side cutting clear into the hub. It was exciting but very 
laborious. At a place called Perdido, all the teams had to 
be roped through. This kind of labor made the march a 
very fatiguing one, as on this day we made but four miles 
and for several days the distance made was from two to 
eleven miles. 

On March 26th, orders were issued putting us on half 
rations. Many were already out, expecting to draw 
rations that night. How provisions for an army could be 
wagoned over such roads was certainly not considered, 
hence the disappointment. Many of the men had abso- 
lutely nothing. One man gave twenty-five cents for a 
pint of corn meal, another ten cents for an ear of corn and 
a small one at that. In fact, at one place, coming into 
camp, men of other regiments were seen picking up grains 



160 History of the Eighty-Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 

of corn where horses had been fed and had slobbered some 
on the ground. 

The sod being so easily cut through necessitated the 
roads to be corduroyed. The entire force was strung 
along the road, which was through the forest, where there 
was an abundance of small growth of pine saplings from 
three to five inches in diameter. One man with a very 
few strokes with an axe would cut one down and about 
two more strokes made a pole ready for the roadway, where 
it was carried. Another detail had shovels and these 
placed a string of soil on the ends of the poles to steady 
them, and the road was complete. 

We started on the morning of the 28th with empty 
stomachs but with the same determination, never thinking 
but that our privations were only what we might reasonably 
expect. 

But relief was near, as the cavalry had rounded up some 
cattle and it was not long after reaching camp until meat 
was roasting at innumerable camp fires. We had reached 
higher ground and were comparatively free from swamp 
and wet. There were 130 prisoners to be kept under 
guard, and we were detailed by companies, three at a time, 
for this duty. 

On March 31st we reached Stockton, twenty miles from 
Blakely, which was our objective point, with plenty of 
cattle and sheep but no bread, coffee, or salt. We were, 
however, in good spirits even if we were half famished. 

The country through which we had come from Pensacola, 
was certainly the most desolate of any we had yet seen. 
We saw not a single bird, nor did we hear a note from any 
kind of an animal except those with us; nor did we see more 
than half a dozen farm houses in all this one hundred mile 
march. 

The way was now opened for a supply of rations by 
passing East of Spanish fort and reaching the bay down 



History of the Eiohty-Tiiird Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 161 

towards Fort Morgan, so we were soon again munching 
the much coveted hard tack. 

We were placed in Hne of battle and after dark moved 
forward, stacked arms and told to lie down without noise 
as it was not known just how near we were to the enemy. 
We were waked up long before daybreak, and moved 
farther to the rear, so as to be on the safe side in case we 
were too close. 

The colored troops were stationed on the extreme right 
of our line. Next them was the Second Brigade of our 
division and on their left was ours — the Third Brigade. 
Our position was about in the center of the line. The 
enemy's works were very strong and were three miles in 
extent, with nine redoubts, and a gunboat stationed at 
each end of their line. 

Our front was about 600 yards from the enemy's breast- 
works. Our artillery had not as yet had any time to be 
placed, and in consequence the other side used theirs 
pretty freel3^ 

On the night of the 6th there was laid off a redoubt in 
our front, by Captain McComas, and by morning we had 
four Napoleons in battery and ready for use. They opened 
fire in due time and so did the enemy, and the rebels 
poured in such a fierce storm of shot and shell that in less 
than thirty minutes our redoubt was onh' a confused heap 
of dirt and the guns silenced. It seemed as if nobody 
could have been left alive, but only two men were wounded 
for all the fuss. 

Our camp was directly in the rear but under the brow 
of a small declivity, which put us in some danger. As it 
was, some of the enemy's balls tore through a few of our 
tents without any regard for the rights of property or for 
the danger to the occupants. 

There was a fear that a sortie would be made in the 
night, and we were ordered to man the rifle pits. As we 



162 History of the Eighty- Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 

could not lie down in the narrow pit, we bunked on the 
ground just in the rear and ran the risk of the shells. 

After dark the battery was repaired and strengthened 
and about 11 P. M. opened fire, which started an artillery 
duel that lasted about an hour. This had a tendency to 
make our usual rest and sleep somewhat broken, but we 
kept still and thought if they wanted to work so hard they 
might. The curious ones watched the flight of the shells 
with their burning fuses, and they were certainly something 
beautiful to see. At last quietness reigned until two in 
the morning, when the uproar began again. It seemed as 
if nobody cared whether we got any sleep or not, there was 
such a lot of disturbance, and we knew that a piece of 
shell would just as soon as not go through a blanket 
without regard to who might be under it. 

After such a night of unrest, the morning showed our 
little redoubt in very good shape and, on a trial about 
eight o'clock proved to the enemy that they could not 
silence it this time. 

On the morning of April 9th, official news was given of 
the fall of Spanish Fort, and it was now feared that the 
enemy would evacuate in the night and escape us. 

It was known to some of the regiment about headquarters 
that there would be an assault in the afternoon, but they 
dreaded to tell us. At 4 o'clock we filed out into the advance 
pits. The brigade was under the command of our colonel, 
and he was given the choice of the force to be used as 
skirmishers. It had been decided that this line was to 
be a whole regiment and to cover the front of the brigade. 

Of course our colonel selected the Eighty-Third for this 
extremely hazardous and honorable position. We were 
spaced about three feet apart, or enough so as to cover 
the brigade, as said above. We had orders that when 
the signal was given we were to leap over the rifle pit and 



History of the Eighty-Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 163 

go ahead as far as we could, keeping in line with the colors, 
and wait for the main line to come up to us. 

The following description of the famous charge is taken 
from a book published by General C. C. Andrews, on the 
Mobile Campaign. 

This is done, as he, from his vantage point, was much 
better able to see and record the action and movement 
of the regiment as a whole, than would be possible by 
any one or by several who were on the firing line. 

"The Eighty-Third Ohio had three ravines to pass, and 
the ravine nearest the garrison works was deep and lorlg 
enough to include nearly the whole of the regiment. When 
it had advanced about two hundred yards, it had come 
to the principal line of Confederate rifle pits, still to some 
extent occupied. The Eighty-Third there paused a few 
moments for the right to get up out of the ravine; the 
Confederate sharp-shooters' guns were taken from those 
who surrendered, and broken. Then the colors of the 
Eighty-Third moved on the line still advancing as fast 
as the nature of the ground and the obstacles of brush 
and logs would admit. Then it soon began to descend 
the ravine two hundred yards from the main works, and 
for two or three long minutes was lost sight of. It was 
passing the ravine through which ran a rivulet, and in 
the bottom of which was a jungle of slashings almost defy- 
ing the passage of persons even at a time of leisure and 
unencumbered by weapons. Then it began to ascend 
the high ground in front of the redoubts where were some 
detached rifle pits. A few steps further and it was up to 
another line of abattis, breast-high, apparently impassable, 
and lift}' yards from the works. Before this the foremost 
of the Eighty-Third stooped down to avoid the destructive 
fire which was being poured upon them, to take breath, 
and to wait 'till the wings could close up. Fifteen yards 



164 History of the Eighty-Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 

inside of the line of abattis just before them was another 
line, not readily seen at a distance, consisting of stakes 
firmly driven into the ground close together, and sharpened 
at the end. Then, thirty-five yards from that, was the 
ditch and high parapet of the redoubt." 

Behind these formidable works, pitted against this 
weak skirmish line were the First, Third, Fourth and Fifth 
Missouri Infantry, and the First and Third Missouri dis- 
mounted Cavalry, one of the most famous fighting brigades 
of the Confederacy, and under the command of General 
Cockrell. These troops stood up in a bold manner and 
there seemed to be a constant blaze of musketry along the 
breast works. The artillery was served with the same 
desperate energy, but most of the shots went over the 
mark. Lieutenant Colonel Baldwin caused part of his 
regiment to return the fire of the garrison while the rest 
made an opening through the abattis. The colors, carried 
by Sergeant D. E. Meyers, were flying conspicuously, and 
both flag staffs were shot in two, and the colors riddled 
with bullets. As soon as a passage was opened through 
the abattis, Colonel Baldwin gave the order for the regi- 
ment again to advance. This was done with a dauntless 
spirit. The men, with their bayonets, pried an opening 
through the next line of abattis, then rushed forward, 
bearing their flying colors, and, though still encountering 
numerous obstructions, in the nature of wire lines, were 
soon on the redoubt. Captain Geary of the Eighty- 
Third, was among the first to mount the parapet, but a 
private soldier is said to have been the first over them. 
Lieutenant Colonel Baldwin was soon on the parapet; 
and, seeing that most of his regiment was ready to mount 
the works, he jumped down inside, and cried out, 
"Surrender." The commanding officer inquired, "To 
whom do we surrender?" Baldwin answered, "To the 
Eighty-Third (3hio." Then the officer said, "I believe 



History of the Eighty-Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 165 

we did that once before," referring to a somewhat similar 
occasion at Vicksburg. There is not a particle of doubt, 
that our colors were the first that were planted on the 
enemy's breast works. 

It was just eighteen minutes from the time when we 
received the word to go, until we were inside the fortifi- 
cations. It was certainly the most exciting and fatiguing 
eighteen minutes that could possibly be crowded into any 
one's life. We made all the noise we could, and the exer- 
tion of our lungs, added to that of the rest of the body, 
sapped our strength very rapidly. Some lost their voices 
entirely, and did not regain them for several days. 

The regiment was highly complimented by all our officers, 
not only from the regimental commander, Lieutenant 
Colonel Baldwin who led the charge, but also by brigade, 
division, corps and department commanders. There were 
placed to the credit of our regiment, 800 prisoners, and 
some twenty pieces of artillery, great and small. 

But this was not accomplished without payment having 
been exacted. 

The regiment lost six killed and twenty-four wounded. 
As said before, the colors were riddled, and the staffs so 
badly shattered that they had to be repaired by having 
iron sheets riveted around them. . How it was that the 
color bearer, Sergeant D. E. Meyers escaped without a 
scratch, no one can tell, but such was the case, and he 
always was at the right spot. 

In preparation for this event, there had been an immense 
amount of labor performed. From Lieutenant Archie Young 
it was learned, and recorded in one of the diaries, that in 
our brigade front, in three parallels and approaches, we 
had excavated two thousand seven hundred and sixty seven 
lineal yards of rifle pits, making four thousand two hun- 
dred and fifty cubic yards. It is true, the digging being 
in sandy soil did not require near the labor it did at Vicks- 



166 History of the Eighty-Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 

burg, but it was labor, notwithstanding, and the short 
time in which it was done made the two places very nearly 
equal. 

After the battle, we returned to our camp in squads of 
twos and threes after many hand shakes and congratula- 
tions that we were living. The night was not passed as it 
usually was. Nearly the whole night long the camp 
fires blazed as we sat around them and recounted the 
doings of the day. Our excitement was too great, the 
victory we had achieved was to us such a stupendous one, 
and it so elated us that sleep was of secondary consequence. 

Subsequent events proved that we had fought the last 
battle in the great American Civil War. It is true that 
there were a few small skirmishes, but nothing that could 
possibly be called an engagement, or dignified by the name 
of a battle. 

We did not know it at the time, but learn that history 
proves that the Eighty-Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry can 
take much pride in the fact that its thin line of skirmishers 
proved themselves to have been made of the right kind of 
material. In fact, in our whole career as an organization 
we had never faltered, never failed to accomplish what 
could be accomplished; and by this last crowning act, we 
had placed imperishable glory on our banners. 

The field over which the charge had been made, had been 
planted with many thousand torpedoes, or "sub-terra 
shells," as the Confederates termed them, but not one 
had been stepped on by any of our regiment. 

After the battle, the enemy were compelled to locate, 
cap, and dig them up, under a penalty of being marched 
in a body, back and forth until all had been exploded. The 
Thirty-Seventh Illinois had dug their pits between two 
rows of these shells, and so escaped them. 

We had now earned a rest, and our movements for the 
next few days were unimportant. We moved down on 



History of the Eighty-Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 167 

the river bank just below the Uttle town of Blakely, and 
there without drill, or any but the most meager of camp 
duties we quietly remained and awaited further orders. 

It was at this camp on April 20th, while three com- 
panies, K, G and B were waiting for a boat that the news 
reached us of the assassination of President Lincoln. 

All felt that it was fortunate that we had not known of 
it the day of the charge or probably there would not have 
been a live rebel left behind their breast works. 

After loading on the steamer "Colonel Cowles," we 
landed at Mobile about dark. 

The Eighty-Third and a portion of the brigade were 
hurried outside of the city on a rumor of the approach of 
General Forest but that proved to be a canard, so we 
returned and remained on the boat all night. The next 
morning we disembarked and went into camp some eight 
miles North of the city. At 4 P. M. we were ordered 
back on the steamer. Colonel Cowles, and ran up the river 
a short distance and dropped anchor in the middle of the 
stream for the night. 

There was nothing of particular interest either of labor 
or of incidents that calls for any mention. We proceeded 
up the river with the fleet, and the voyage was one of 
interest as it passed through a part of the country that was 
entirely new to us, and it looked to be a land of exceeding 
richness. 

The soil on the East side of the river was black as a 
crow and seemed capable of producing without limit, as 
no doubt it did. 

Our destination proved to be Selma, on the Alabama 
river. Every one must remember what a very crooked 
stream it was; often steaming fifteen or twenty miles and 
returning around a big bend to find that it was not more 
than a mile or less across. 

We reached Selma and found it situated on a bluff some 



168 History of the Eighty-Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 

hundred feet above the stream and on flat land that ex- 
tended for a long distance back from the river sparsely 
covered with pine. 

We went into camp and were detailed for provost duty 
which we performed until May 12th. The city had been a 
center for manufactures, and contained large machine 
shops, nitre works and whatever would add to the war 
material of the Confederacy. These shops and everything 
of that kind had been destroyed by General Wilson when he 
had captured the place by assault but a short time previous. 

We found here three large buildings full of wounded of 
both sides and all under the care of the good people of 
Selma, and in the care shown they made no distinction 
between the blue and the grey. Our soldiers said they had 
no complaint to make and all felt very grateful for all the 
kindness shown. 

On May 12th we boarded the Groesbeck, (a Cincinnati 
boat) and steamed down the river reaching Mobile about 
noon of the next day. Our camp was some three miles 
out in a grove of trees. One day while lying here, we were 
suddenly startled by a tremenduous explosion. All ran 
out of our tents in surprise, and, on looking towards the 
city we saw a vast cloud of smoke, a steamboat on fire, and 
heard reports of bursting shells. 

A boat load of captured ammunition was being unloaded, 
and by the criminal carelessness of some one, some thirty 
tons of powder and fixed ammunition were exploded. One 
boat at the landing, the Kate Dale, just ready to shove out 
for New Orleans, and having on board some 500 passengers 
was raised out of the water by the explosion and imme- 
diately sunk, with but few rescued. We all had the 
opportunity to visit the spot and every one must remember 
the appearance of the scene of the catastrophe. 

The most interesting and all absorbing theme now was, 
when will we be mustered out. Crowds of soldiers from 



History of the Eighty-Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 169 

both Lee's and Johnston's armies were daily passing 
through to their homes. We held possession of the entire 
country and there was no question in our minds but that 
we had fully completed our part of the contract of enlist- 
ment — three years or during the war — and we were now 
entitled to our discharge. 

Governmental affairs are built on a much larger platform 
than are individual wishes and often hopes. Questions over 
and beyond our ken loomed up, but were not made visible 
to those who make up the rank and file of our body politic. 

Affairs that affected our country as a whole were like a 
sealed book to us, shut off as we had been for so long a 
time from knowing any of the world's great questions. 

One of these questions had now persistently thrust 
itself into our notice and demanded of us our attention, as 
a nation. 

A European Monarchy had attempted to establish 
itself on our Continent, which would undoubtedly be 
inimical to our best interests. The French, taking advan- 
tage of our severe internal troubles, had secured or at- 
tempted to secure the throne of Mexico and was occupying 
that land with an army. As soon as our strife was brought 
to a close, our Government at Washington thought an 
object lesson should be given. Hence, it became a neces- 
sity that the shores of the Gulf of Mexico should be lined 
with troops and this was done as ostentatiously as possible. 
From Mobile to the Rio Grande, regiment after regiment, 
brigade after brigade were marched, transported and 
unloaded. All this was plainly seen and carefully noted 
by the French. They knew that we had not far from a 
million seasoned soldiers, fully equipped, disciplined, and 
well educated in all the arts of war; that we had a large 
fleet which now had nothing to do and there could be no 
possible chance for thein to be reinforced or provisioned, as 
we could fill the Gulf full of war vessels and some of them 



170 History of the Eighty-Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 

of the most modern kind. We were now to be used in 
this great national spectacular drama. Not an inkling of 
all these reasons had penetrated our brains as our desires 
were all for home, and that absorbed all our thoughts, 
hopes and wishes. 

Looking at it now after a lapse of fifty years, enables 
us to see public affairs in an entirely different light and 
better to understand with what wisdom and foresight our 
government acted. 

We should now especially rejoice that we were permitted 
to assist in brushing aside, so to speak, what might have 
proved to be a very serious question. 

Not knowing these things, and without the opportuni- 
ties, and, no doubt, without the capacity fully to under- 
stand them, we were very much exercised by the many 
rumors that we were to be part of an expedition to Texas. 

Salmon P. Chase, President Lincoln's great Secretary of 
the Treasury, and now Chief Justice, came to Mobile and 
was treated to a review. Most certainly his visit had for its 
object a far more weighty matter than merely to see the 
western army and hob-nob with our general officers, for he 
had been through all this more than once in the army of 
the Potomac. But of this we were in entire ignorance. 

June was now traveling along with rapidity and we still 
lingered with the general opinion that we would be home 
b}^ the 4th of July. Alas for our hopes! 

On June 12th, the dreaded marching orders came, to 
embark for Galveston. We sent the baggage to the wharf 
and at 5 P. M. on the 13th, the propeller, "John K. Rice," 
left the dock with the Eighty-Third on board. Just as we 
were passing the last row of piles, the vessel ran aground 
and there we stuck until the tide floated us off which was 
not until eight in the morning of the 14th, and we steamed 
out past Fort Morgan at noon. 

We were soon out of sight of land, and the prow of the 



History of the Kighty-Thiru Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 171 

vessel headed directly towards a heavy rain storm which 
we struck about the middle of the afternoon. 

We could see several rain storms all around but our 
pilot did not seem to care very much about his passengers, 
as he drove right ahead as if it was all sunshine and a level 
road and we were going to a picnic. The sea became 
rougher and rougher; the vessel pitched and tossed about 
like a tub and it was not very long until about all the 
regiment was lined up along the rail — but a veil of reticence 
will be drawn over this scene, only remarking that the 
fish in that part of God's domain certainly did not lack for 
material with which to build up flesh and bones, especially 
bones. 

On June 16th, we sighted the harbor of Galveston and 
reached the entrance about the middle of the afternoon, 
too late for a pilot to come out and take us in over the bar 
and into the smooth waters of the bay. Our anchor was 
dropped, and we were left to the mercy of the winds and 
waves all night and not only the next day, but well along 
into the 18th before a pilot came to our relief. By that 
time nearly every one had suffered so much from sea 
sickness that we were almost too weak to walk, but we 
did manage to get off the boat. Quietness soon restored us 
and in a few hours we were able to discard our sea legs, 
and walk without wabbling. 

Our first camping place was in the public square where 
we put up our shelter tents. It was a decidedly hot place. 
At noon, one with an ordinary brim hat on, would cast 
but a round shadow as he stood in the sun. Some citizens 
were kind enough to tell our officers they would have us 
all sick if they did not take us out of that square and from 
under those low shelter tents. 

We were then separated into divisions and quartered in 
abandoned dwellings and hotels. Companies E and K and 
the band occupied the Island City House. This was a 



172 History of the Eighty-Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 

large hotel with wide porches to each story, covering the 
full length of the building and facing the gulf. These were 
about the best quarters of any as we had the full benefit 
of the sea breeze. Other companies had other commodious 
quarters and taking it on the whole, we were very well 
cared for in this tropical land. 

When we landed, we found that markets were regularly 
kept up, and on going through them were surprised to see 
nothing but gold and silver as the medium of exchange, 
Confederate money having been repudiated. It did not 
take long, however, for this hard money to disappear and 
Uncle Sam's money to take its place, and be just as eagerly 
accepted. 

The city itself was a place of great interest to us. Every 
house had a paling fence in front, and through the interstices 
grew the luxuriant oleanders with their wealth of blossoms. 
Another peculiarity was the manner in which the water 
supply was kept. It was too near the salt water to have 
wells, as by digging it soon became brackish, and the only 
way was in the use of cisterns. These were from fifteen 
to thirty feet in diameter and sunk in the ground only 
about two feet, and then built up some five feet with 
cement, making them something like seven feet in depth. 
During the rainy season these cisterns were filled and 
covered sometimes with a good, tight, substantial cover. 
Others were covered by a lot of boards of any and all kinds, 
the water being visible in most any place. 

Sometimes these cisterns were built underneath the 
houses and this helped to keep the water cooler besides 
keeping out a lot of dust and dirt. Those out of doors 
cisterns were magnificent places for the breeding of mos- 
quitoes, and said bugs utilized it to their "bills" content. 

The shore of the Gulf was about a half a mile away and 
it proved to be one of the finest bathing beaches that is on 
any coast, anywhere, and extended for miles. The water 



History of the Eighty-Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 173 

shoaled gradually, so that one could grade the depth that 
best suited, from six inches to as many feet as wanted. 
There were three bars along the beach, each one deeper 
and spaced some distance apart, so it was a perfectly safe 
proposition to bathe whenever inclination prompted. Dur- 
ing the entire time we remained in Galveston, there was 
not a single life lost among the many thousands of bathers, 
and from five hundred to as many thousands could be seen 
at almost any time. 

The movement of so many tried and disciplined troops 
to Texas, having apparently accomplished its object, there 
was no further necessity for postponing our final discharge. 

The only affair worthy of note was the demonstration 
of July 4th, followed by the speech of Governor Hamilton, 
from the steps of the Court House. There was no attempt 
made by any of the citizens to resent our presence. 

One young woman vented her spite by spitting in the 
face of Lieutenant Kerr, and she was promptly jailed, 
which put a stop to any further pleasantries of that kind. 

Muster rolls were now in course of preparation and the 
mustering officer was ready for that duty. On July 22nd 
the rolls were completed and turned over to the mustering 
officer for examination and on the 24th of July, 1865, at 
3 P. M. we ceased being United States soldiers with an 
allowance of eighteen days to reach camp Dennison and 
receive our last pay and final discharge. As several regi- 
ments had already gone home and several more were about 
ready, our transportation was a problem that confronted 
us. It is true that we had nothing to do about it, but we 
were anxious that it should be ready as soon as we were. 
As luck would have it, if you care to put it that way, a 
large ocean steamer came i n with a consignment of army 
wagons, and was warped into her dock. 

There was no other bod^^ of troops in the city ready to 
go, but some were up the river, and we were told if we 



174 History of the Eighty-Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 

would pitch in and unload those wagons, (about eighty) 
the vessel would take advantage of the tide, and immedi- 
ately steam out as soon as she could cross the bar and we 
would have the ship to ourselves. With such an induce- 
ment the wagons were piled out on the dock in double 
quick time, and by daylight on the 26th, we steamed out 
of the harbor and headed for New Orleans. 

There is nothing in particular to chronicle while on 
board this vessel, (the Herman Livingstone) onl}^ to say 
that this was more than likely the last ride many of us 
ever had on salt water. We reached the mouth of the 
Mississippi river about 7 A. M. on the 27th, and passed 
Forts Jackson and St. Phillip about 11 o'clock. We viewed 
our old camping place, and were not sorry that we should 
never see it again. W^e barely halted at quarantine and 
steamed rapidly up the river and landed at the wharf at 
New Orleans about sundown. There being no boat ready 
for us, we were moved into the Anchor cotton press. 

We were now on familiar ground, and lost no time in 
interviewing both the Poydras and French Markets, with 
all the good things gustatory they contained. 

At last our transportation appeared and at 5 P. M. of 
July 28th, we turned our backs upon and bid adieu to the 
great cit}' of New Orleans, and it has been to the most 
of us only a memory ever since. 

The voyage of the Henry Ames up the great river was 
uneventful. We passed all the places on the river with 
which we were familiar, but which are not necessary to 
be recounted again. We viewed them with the very 
pleasurable feeling, that we had discharged our duty to 
our country and to mankind, and that we were returning 
again to take up the burdens of civil life. 

On reaching Cairo we found a train of cars waiting for 
us. What? Pullmans, did you say? You must think we 
were feather-bed soldiers even to hint at such a thing. 



History ok the Eighty-Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. i75 

Pullmans? Yes, box and stock cars with boards nailed 
across from side to side for seats, and into which we piled, 
not caring very much, nor thinking of anything better, 
only so we could get home. Some spread their blankets 
on the floor under the seats, others did the same on the 
roof and managed during the long night to get a little 
sleep. 

Leaving Cairo August 3rd, we reached Cincinnati about 
midnight of the 5th. As the train moved slowly through 
the city, first one and then another would drop off, and, 
trotting along with the train until he could get a good 
grip on his belongings, would jerk them off and disappear 
in the darkness. Those of us who lived at a distance 
remained until we reached the Little Miami Depot where 
we were allowed to get the balance of the night's sleep that 
was coming to us, from the pavement. It was none too 
soft, but we were too well used to hard beds to mind a 
little thing like that. 

Then came Camp Dennison, our old barracks, the final 
muster out and the last pay; then followed the warm, 
heartfelt hand clasps, and the good-byes were said with 
wishes for future life and prosperity, and the hopes of 
often seeing one another. Soon the train was bearing us 
swiftly away from the spot which had witnessed our first 
and last experience as soldiers, and as we went we sang 
with lilting voices: 

"Home, home, sweet sweet home; 
Be it ever so humble, there's no place like Home." 
And so, into the voiceless past went the labors, the 
trials, and the memories of the Eighty-Third Ohio Vol- 
unteer Infantry. 

'ntion battalion, Shoulder-r-r arms, In two ranks, 
right-face. 

Arms port, Break ranks — march. 

Taps. 



ADDENDA. 

SEMI-CENTENNIAL REUNION. 

September 12th, 1862, saw us as a regiment numerically 
completed, fully officered and equipped for war. As this 
same date approached in 1912, it seemed eminently proper 
that we should make of it a more than an ordinary occasion 
and this was successfully accomplished. The meeting was 
held in the beautiful Memorial Hall of Hamilton County, 
in Cincinnati, a place particularly fitted for such gatherings. 

As this was the regular annual meeting, the question of 
new officers was brought to the attention of the "boys," 
and the result was that Comrade P. R. Fortney was unan- 
imously chosen for President and Comrade Wm. H. Davis 
succeeded himself as the Secretary and Treasurer. 

The day was passed as such days are always passed, but 
this time with far more than ordinary interest. The 
special occasion brought many, who, by reason of distance, 
very seldom or never attended. Many of us looked into 
faces we had not seen since the last parting at Camp 
Dennison in 1865. It was a day of genuine pleasure 
as we again felt the warm, hearty hand clasp even if the 
hair was whitened and the form far from being as erect 
as it was in the days of long ago. Our memories were 
stirred and the recollections of former da3^s were recounted 
with such zest and with many inquiries of old comrades 
who had passed away, that the eyes became dim and the 
voice did not carry its wonted vigor and evenness of tone. 

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History of the Eighty-Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 177 

Many sad memories crowded themselves upon us as we 
looked for the faces we were wont to see but would never 
see again. Instead of them we beheld the sorrowful and 
black draped forms of those who had kept step with them 
for many, many years, and tears could be seen coursing 
down cheeks as mute reminders of the many vacancies. 
Widows were there with children grown to maturity, and 
again children as the sole representatives. 

Soon the inexorable flight of time will remove all, and 
our labors, our trials and hardships with our joys and 
pleasures and reunions will become things of the past. 
All these will be gradually absorbed into the every day 
life of the world and crowded into oblivion by daily wants 
and necessities and eventually forgotten. 

One thing, however, will always remain, and that will be 
the magnificent results which we helped to accomplish 
whether we, the actors, are remembered or not and which 
will really matter but little. 



1862 1912 

SEMI-CENTENNIAL ROSTER 

of Names and Addresses of all Members of the Eighty-Third Regiment Ohio Volunteer 
Infantry known to be living at this date, September, 1912. 

Prepared by Wm. H. Davis, Secretary, Eightj'-Third Ohio Volunteer Infantr>' Association. 

Joseph AUbright F Erie Co. Soldiers Home, Ohio 

George W. Avey I and G 121 N. 18th St., Richmond, Indiana 

Richard H. Ball D and G Mount Vernon, Skagit Co., Washington 

Jonas Baughman E and H Leipsic, Putnam Co., Ohio 

John Beeler E 200 S. Lincoln St., Denver, Colorado 

John Bell E Co. 21, National Military Home, Ohio 

Loren Benn K Morrow, Ohio 

Charles Blair K Osgood, Ripley Co., Ohio 

James A. Blair K Blue Mound, Illinois 

Isaac W. Boatman G and I Box 102, Seven Mile, Butler Co., Ohio 

Joseph Bowen E R. F. D. No. 6, Sidney, Ohio 

Washington A. Boyer D Ishawooa, Park Co., Wyoming 

Wesley Brennan D R. F. D. No. 3, Van Wert, Ohio 

James Britigan F and K 322 W. Foulke Ave., Findlay, Ohio 

Noah E. Broombaugh G Seven Mile, Butler Co., Ohio 

Joseph Burgoyne E White City, Kansas 

William H. Burk D National Military Home, Ohio 

William C. Carter D and G 3220 Harrison Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio 

Raphael Ceiphy A and C Barrack 14, National Military Home, Ohio 

David Chance G and I Bethany, Butler Co., Ohio 

Lewis D. Chance I Bethany, Butler Co., Ohio 

Thomas J. Chard F and K 709 Armory Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio 

William A. Clark K 3934 Regent Ave., Norwood, Ohio 

Lieut. Edward C. Collins. .H and C Klemme, Hancock Co., Iowa 

Garrett Coonse E 3015 Mathers St., Cincinnati, Ohio 

Taylor Connor B R. F. D. No. 2, Williamsburg, Ohio 

Davis Cornthwait G Somerville, Butler Co., Ohio 

C. W. Cownover G and I Areola, Illinois 

Frank Crets D and G Harrison, Hamilton Co., Ohio 

Arthur L. Currie F Harrison, Hamilton Co., Ohio 

William H. Davis K 19 Fosdick Bldg., Cincinnati, Ohio 

Lewis A. Davison D Erie Co., Soldiers Home, Ohio 

James Davison G and I Ickes, Cheyenne Co. , Nebraska 

Charles W. Dean B and I. . . .Chase and Mad Anthony Sts., Cincinnati, Ohio 

Henry Denhart G and I West Middletown, Ohio 

Capt. James T. DeMar. . . . B and I Madeira, Hamilton Co., Ohio 

George S. Dickey I and G 431 N. Ireland St., Greensbrug, Indiana 

James Dodd A 3326 Walworth Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio 

George Dome G and I American Falls, Idaho 

Eli Earhardt E and H Areola, Illinois 

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History of the Eighty-Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 179 

F. M. Fagaly K Saint Joseph, Illinois 

Isaac N. Fisher G. . . . 129 Wilson Ave., Fremont, Sandusky Co., Ohio 

P. R. Fortney E Masonic Temple, Cincinnati, Ohio 

Jonas Foster H Eaton, Preble Co., Ohio 

Luke Foster H Lockland, Ohio 

Henry Fuchs F and H 816 Fernwood Ave., Toledo, Ohio 

Reuben Gardner D Sullivan, Moultrie Co., Illinois 

Oliver H. Gerard H 1417 Broadway, Mattoon, Illinois 

James H. Gray E and H Reading, Hamilton Co., Ohio 

Alexander Grooms E and H R. R. No. 2, Loveland, Clermont County, Ohio 

Simon Hanselman A Ridgway, Gallatin Co., Illinois 

Francis M. Harter H and A 446 Western Ave., Winchester, Indiana 

George E. Harvey B 3621 Bevis Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio 

John P. Hearn K 2079 West Broad St., Columbus, Ohio 

John W. Hearn K Elizabethtown, Hamilton Co., Ohio 

Wesley B. Hedding 1 340 Tytus Ave., Middletown, Ohio 

William H. Hedges D 121 N. Illinois St., Indianapolis, Indiana 

Franklin Hildreth A and C Westboro, Clinton Co., Ohio 

Joseph Hopping D Harrison, Hamilton Co., Ohio 

Luther Hopping D R. F. D. No. 1, Cleves, Hamilton Co., Ohio 

John A. Hoffman C 2453 E. 110th St., Cleveland, Ohio 

Henry D. Hunt G and I Box 192, Seven Mile, Butler Co., Ohio 

Edwin M. Imes G Co. 9, National Military Home, Ohio 

Jacob A. Inman G R. R. No. 1, Somei-ville, Butler Co., Ohio 

David J. Ireland K 2414 T. St., Sacramento, California 

J. G. Irwin B Williamsburg, Clermont Co., Ohio 

Samuel Ivins I and G Maud, Butler Co., Ohio 

Henry B. John D and G 323 Haight Ave., Alameda, California 

William Paley John D 121 Warrington Ave., Danville, Illinois 

Jesse Jones D Shelbyville, Indiana 

John M. Keeler E R. R. No. 1, Sharonville. Ohio 

Fernandis B. Kemp G R. F. D. No. 3, Decatur, Illinois 

Benjamin Ketchum K 131 W. Walnut St., Greensburg, Indiana 

C. W. Kratzer H Leipsic, Putnam Co., Ohio 

Charles L. Lamb 1 127 Cross St., Dayton, Ohio 

L. L. Latta F and K 417 Broadway, Cincinnati, Ohio 

Capt. F. M. Leflar H Lockland, Ohio 

Christian Leidigh I 9 Russell Apartments, Dayton, Ohio 

Henry H. Leinweber F. . 125 Mount Vernon St., Ridgefield Park, New Jersey 

Joseph Love D and G Cleves, Hamilton Co., Ohio 

George W. Lyttleton F and H Spencer, Tioga Co., New York 

Patrick McDonald H and A Soldiers Home, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 

Frank McGregor E 2000 E. High St., Springfield, Ohio 

Rev. John Mclnerny F and H Notre Dame, Indiana 

Charles W. McKinney E Sheridan Ave., Dayton, Ohio 

James A. Mahan B 731 W. 6th St., Anderson, Indiana 

John Markham G 434 Curtis Ave., Middletown, Ohio 

Thomas B. Marshall K 218 Grove St., Sidney, Ohio 

Garrett M. Martin 1 305 Main St., Middletown, Ohio 

William O. Martin G Redmon, Illinois 

William S. Martin A and H Roseland, Adams Co., Nebraska 



180 History of the Eighty-Third Ohio Voi,untber Infantry. 

Frederick Meyer A and C 1610 Baltimore Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio 

Datus E. Meyers D Riverside, California 

Daniel Boone Morford. . . .1 and C 407 E. Georgia Ave., Memphis, Tennessee 

George W. Moriarity . . . . D and C Huntington, Arkansas 

Jacob Moser A and C 723 Armory Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio 

F. S. Mosteller E and H Sharonville, Ohio 

David Newhall H Barrack 9, National Military Home, Ohio 

Daniel Nieman C 115 E. McMicken Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio 

David L. Osborn G 1102 N. Bevil Ave., Indianapolis, Indiana 

Charles B. Palmer E 427 Curtis Ave., Middletown, Ohio 

L. F. Palmer Honorary Middletown, Ohio 

Charles B. Palmer, Jr. . . Honorary Middletown, Ohio 

W. G. Palmer Honorary Middletown, Ohio 

William W. Parse G Sedalia, Indiana 

William D. Phares G Box 144, Seven Mile, Butler Co., Ohio 

Capt. J. R. Phillips. A and E and H Winchester, Indiana 

David Pierson A 419 Elizabeth St., Cincinnati, Ohio 

Hiram Post H and A 424 S. 12th St., Hamilton, Ohio 

Granville Pottenger G Box 207, Seven Mile, Butler Co., Ohio 

J. J. Richardson K R. F. D. No. 1, Bedford, Kentucky 

Joseph Richter F 248 Albion Place, Cincinnati, Ohio 

S. P. Riker H Reiley, Butler Co., Ohio 

Thomas G. Robinson C 814 Purcell Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio 

William Rogers I No. 9, National Military Home, Ohio 

Abijah P. Roll A and C Oxford, Ohio 

Henry Romes B and C Erie Co. Soldiers Home, Ohio 

James D. Ross E Blanchester, Clinton Co., Ohio 

Peter Schatzman B and I Glendale, Ohio 

Johnson Schenck G South Ottumwa, Iowa 

John W. Scott A and H Moberly, Missouri 

George Simpson I Highland Park, Kentucky 

Anthony Smith D R. F. D. No. 1, Cleves, Hamilton Co., Ohio 

Jesse A. Smith E and H. . .Longview Hospital, Carthage, Hamilton Co., Ohio 

Perry H. Snider G and I Council Grove, Kansas 

David B. Snow K Ottawa, LaSalle Co., Illinois 

Charles H. Snyder G Thornton, Indiana 

Charles W. Snyder 1 416 West 4th St., Dayton, Ohio 

Daniel Snyder K Dent, Hamilton Co. , Ohio 

Walter V. Snyder Honorary 416 West Fourth, Dayton, Ohio 

Milton A. Sorber G R. F. D. No. 4, Hamilton, Ohio 

William A. Sorber G R. F. D. No. 7, Hamilton, Ohio 

George W. Stanley H 2163 West Congress St., Chicago, Illinois 

James Stapleton A and C Newtown, Ohio 

Albert Stevens F 1125 East Third St., Cincinnati, Ohio 

Samuel F. Stewart I . . . .805 Eighteenth Ave. West, Cedar Rapids, Iowa 

Henry Stichter C Washington, Iowa 

Joseph B. Stimpson G Lincoln, Illinois 

Aaron T. Sutton A Rockford, Mercer 'County, Ohio 

George Sweeny F 265 Pike Street, Cincinnati, Ohio 

Eli Swihart E and H R. F. D. Box 144, Argos, Marshall Co., Indiana 

Joel Swihart E and H R. F. D. No. 4, Leipsic, Putnam Co., Ohio 



History of the Eighty-Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 181 

Lieut. John T. Talbot B 502 The Plaza, Washington, D. C. 

Joseph Teltoe C and D R. F. D. No. 3, Flat Rock, Indiana 

Robert R. Thomas D and C Ross, Butler Co., Ohio 

Christian Thonges A and C 435 Milton St., Cincinnati, Ohio 

Isaac Voorhees G and I East Joplin, Missouri 

John Voorhees G and I Bethany, Butler Co., Ohio 

Piatt Voorhees G and I Middletown, Ohio 

Ralph Voorhis G and I 603 Buell Ave., Joliet, Illinois 

William M. Voorhis G and I Y. M. C. A. Building, Kokomo, Indiana 

Ezra M. Warren E and H Leipsic, Putnam Co., Ohio 

John Weiler F and K 1012 Cutter St., Cincinnati, Ohio 

Reuben Wesco G and I Newburg, Iowa 

Jacob Whallon E Box 53, Sharonville, Ohio 

John T. White D Box 186, New Iberia, Louisiana 

Potter J. White D and G 301 Hancock St., Nashville, Tennessee 

Peter J. Willis G and I Eaton, Preble Co., Ohio 

Capt. James H. Wilson K 535 North Sawyer Ave., Chicago, Illinois 

S. S. Wintersteen H 24 North Third St., Hamilton, Ohio 

Fayette M. Wood K Station L, Cincinnati, Ohio 

Jacob J. Yeacle F Riverside, California 

Adjutant Archie Young D Duboin, Louisiana 



1862 Lines Read at the 1912 

Semi-Centennial Reunion 

of the 

SURVIVORS OF THE EIGHTY-THIRD OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY 

[Cincinnati, Ohio 

September Twelve, Nineteen Hundred and Twelve 
By DAVID B. Snow, Co. K. 

Of all the velvet-footed years 

Which come and pass away 
We greet with patriotic pride 

This glad Reunion Day. 

Full fifty times this earth of ours 

Has coursed around the sun, 
Since, in Dennison's sun-scorched camp, 

Our service was begun. 

From Covington to Blakely, 

The fierce, red war time through, 
None firmer marched, nor braver fought, 

'Neath the old red, white and blue. 

Today we shall be young again. 

With songs and smiles and cheers, 
Defenders of our country's flag — 

Comrades of fifty years. 

Again we form on dress parade. 

And hear the sergeants say, 
"All present or accounted for," 

This glad Reunion Day. 

Now we recall the dark war time 

Of sixty-one and two; 
Our country's trumpet call to arms 

The young, the brave, the true. 

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History op the Eighty-Third Ohio VotuNTEER Infantry. 183 

We hear again the answering shout 

Above the cannon's roar: 
"We're coming, Father Abraham, 

Six hundred thousand more!" 

The flag, once lowered on Sumter's walls 

Because of treason's shame, 
We lifted up and carried on 

Till Appomattox came. 

While faded cheek and furrowed brow 

Show time's relentless stress, 
The heart of each is ever warmed 

By love's divine caress. 

You ask, why now these whitened heads, 

Why bloom from cheek departs? 
The answer comes, the summer has 

Gone down into our hearts. 

The white carnations, as the red, 

Are children of the sun, 
And each alike a blessing gives 

To all it shines upon. 

While silver tips the morning light 

Which crowns our earlier days, 
The glory of the golden beam 

Awaits the sunset rays. 

Praise God, my comrades, that we've lived 

Through such eventful years; 
Lived till we've seen with chastened sight, 

Chastened by smiles and tears — 

A Nation saved, our Union strong, 

Four million slaves made free — 
Fruition of the patriot's hope, 

A glorious destiny. 



184 History of the Eighty- Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 

Courage, endurance, fortitude. 

These virtues strong we claim, 

In camp, on march, in battle line, 
O'er Treason's broad domain. 

Whenever beautiful deeds are done, 
Through danger, toil and pain, 

Toil, pain and danger pass away. 
The beautiful remain. 

If now we strive to tell in song 

Of the absent on this day, 
The measures tremble on our lips, 

Tears wash the lines away. 

They sleep on Vicksburg's crowning heights. 

By Mississippi's flood; 
'Neath orange bloom, by cypress swamp, 

A silent brotherhood. 

While underneath the flag we reap 

Rich harvest of the years; 
Know that our country's strength is but 

The interest of tears. 

As the "Mountains look on Marathon 

And Marathon on the Sea," 
We view from Freedom's blood-bought heights 

Our land, united, free. 

No North, no South, one flag for all. 

Let this our purpose be, 
That might shall ever serve the right, 

In the homestead of the free. 

To the loved Father of us all 

Let thanks for peace arise, 
And prayers that never more may war 

Darken our country's skies. 



ROLL OF HONOR 

OF THE EIGHTY-THIRD 

REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY. 



Names. 


Co. 


Rank. 


Died. 


Buried. 


Remarks. 


Atkins, Ira 


C 


Private 


AprU 9, 1865 


Mobile, Ala 


Killed in battle of Fort Blake- 












ley. Ala.; interred in sec. 4, 












grave 24. 


Avery, Daniel D. . . 


i 


Private 


Feb. 19, 1863 


Vicksburg, Miss 


Died at Young's Point, La. 


Bannister, Nimrod . 


D 


Private 


July 2, 1863 


St. Louis, Mo 


Died of disease; interred iu 
Jefferson Barracks Cemetery 


Beard, John H 


K 


Sergeant 


Oct. 5, 1864 


Port Hudson, La 


Died in hospital at Morganza, 
Louisiana. 


Beetle, Thomas .... 


B 


Corporal 


Feb. 9, 1863 


St. Louis, Mo 


Died in hospital; interred in 
Jefferson Barracks Cemetery. 


Black, Henry 


G 


Private 


Mch. 4, 1863 


Vicksburg, Miss 


Died at Young's Point, La. 


Bodine. Charles E. . 


C 


Private 


June 29, 1865 


Galveston, Tex 


Died in hospital. 


BonneU, WilUam . . . 


H 


Private 


Feb. 22. 1863 


Vicksburg, Miss 


Died of disease; interred in 
sec A, grave 242. 


Boyer, Lewis 


H 


Musician 


May 21 .1863 


Vicksburg, Miss 


Killed in action. 


Brick, John 


H 


Private 


Jan. 13, 1863 


Vicksburg, Miss 


Died on hospital boat D. A. 
January of wounds. 


Bricker, Cornelius . . 




Private 


Feb. 22, 1865 


Columbus, O 


Died in hospital; interred in 












Green Lawn Cemetery. 


Bridges, Elmore. . . . 


A 


Private 


Aug. 5, 1863 


Vicksburg, Miss 


Died in hospital. 


Brooding, George M 


B 


Private 


Feb. 6, 1863 


St. Louis, Mo 


Died of wounds received Jan. 
11, 1863, in battle of Arkan- 
sas Post, Ark.; interred in 
JeffersonBarracks Cemetery. 


Buchanan, Jonah. . . 


E 


Private 


Aug. 5, 1864 


New Orleans, La 


Died of disease. 


Buckel, George J... 


B 


Private 


Mch. 1, 1863 


Vicksburg, Miss 


Died at Young's Point, La. 


Bucknell, Ellis 


K 


Private 


Jan. 22. 1863 


Memphis, Tenn 


Died of wounds received Jan. 
11. 1863, in battle of Arkan- 
sas Post, Ark.; interred in 
Mississippi River Cemetery. 


Bunell, James S. . . 


H 


Private 


April 20, 1863 


Vicksburg, Miss 


Died on hospital boat D. A. 
January of wounds. 


Burgdorf, Frederick 


K 


Private 


Mch. 12, 1863 


St. Louis, Mo 


Died of wounds; interred in 
Jefferson Barracks Cemetery. 


Burk, John 


D 


Private 


Dec. 13, 1863 


Alexandria, La 


Captured Nov. 13, 1863; died 
in Rebel Prison; interred in 
Coteau Cemetery. 


Burns, Cornelius A 


K 


Captain 


April 8, 1864 


Alexandria, La 


Killed in battle of Sabine 
Cross Roads, La. 


Burns, Robert 


E 


Private 


Mch. 7, 1863 


St. Louis, Mo 


Died of disease; interred in 
Jefferson Barracks Cemetery. 


Campbell, Robert . . 


K 


Private 


May 24, 1863 


Vicksburg. Miss 


Died at Milliken's Bend, La.; 
interred in sec. H. grave 90. 


Castell, Conrad .... 


A 


Private 


Nov. 20, 1864 


Tyler. Tex 


Captured April 8, 1864; died at 












Camp Gross. Tex. 


Clark, James G. . . . 


D 


Private 


Sept. 8. 1863 


Memphis, Tenn 


Died of disease; interred in 
Mississippi River Cemetery. 


Clark, James P 


I 


Private 


Feb. 5, 1863 


Memphis, Tenn 


Died in hospital; interred in 
sec. 2, grave 181, Mississippi 
River Cemetery. 


Clark, John 


A 


Private 


May 4, 1865 


New Orleans, La 


Died of wounds received April 
9, 1865, in battle of Fort 
Blakeley, Ala. 


Close, Robert 


A 


Private 


Sept. 2, 1863 


Memphis, Tenn 


Died in hospital; interred in 
sec. 2, grave 83, Mississippi 
River Cemetery. 


Conant, Hamilton H 


K 


Private 


Dec. 27, 1864 


New Orleans, La 


Discharged Nov. 21. 1864. on 
Surgeon's certificate of dis- 
ability; died in hospital of 
disease. 


Conover, Nathan. . . 


G 


Private 


Mch. 9, 1863 


Vicksburg, Miss 


Died on hospital boat Nash- 
ville. 
Killed in battle of Fort Blake- 


Cook, Beniamin .... 


A 


Private 


April 9, 1865 


Mobile, Ala 












ley. Ala.; interred in sec. 4. 












grave 39. 


Cook, Isaac 


G 


Private 


Oct. 4, 1862 


Covington, Ky 


Died of disease; interred in 
Linden Grove Cemetery. 


Coleman, John 


K 


^agoner 


April 19, 1863 


St. Louis, Mo 


Died of disease; interred in 
Jefferson Barracks Cemetery. 


Comick, William A . 


D 


Corporal 


Mch. 15. 1863 


Vicksburg. Miss 


Died in hospital at Milliken's 
Bend, La. 


Cox, Henry 


F 


Private 


April 9, 1865 




Killed in battle of Fort 






Blakeley Ala.; interred in 












sec. 4, grave 79. 


Cox. Robert 


A 


Corporal 


April 7. 1863 


Vicksburg, Miss 


Died on hospital boat D. A. 

January. 
Died in hospital; interred in 


Craig, Hemr 


G 


Private 


May 15, 1863 


St. Louis, Mo 












Jefferson Barracks Ceme- 












tery. 



* Unasssgned. 



(185 



186 



Roll of Honor Eighty-third Regiment O. V. I. 



Names. 



Co, 



Rank. 



Died. 



Buried. 



Remarks. 



Crosby, Isaac E. 



Curry, Adam. . 
Davis, John C . 



Deem, Thomas I 

De Mar, Isaac F . . . I 

Douglass, Isaac. . 



Drake, William 

Drumb, Thomas . . . 

Drushel, Henry . . . . 

Dunn, John M 

Eaton, William 

Ebly, Martin 

Eckert, George H . . 

Evans, Thomas. . . . 



Faust, James 

Fordyce, William F 

Francis, Henry 

Fream, Aaron 

Funk, William F . . . 

Gargus, Andrew J . . 

Gaston, Joseph K . . 

Gephart, Frederick. 



Gibbs, John M 

Glancey. Oliver P.. 

Gorsuch, Joseph B. 
Gray, William H . . . 
Green, William 



Griffith, Ephraim. 
Grimes, Garrett. . 



Gunning, John. ... 
Hacker, Henry 

Haley, Patrick .... 

Hall. John 

Hall, William H... 

Holley, John 

Hanna, Richard V. 

Harrington, Charles 
Harrington, John G 

Harrison, Clinton R 



Harrison, William H 



Private 

Private 
Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 



Private 
Private 

Private 

Sergeant 

Private 



Private 
Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 
Sergeant 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Captain 
Sergeant 
Private 



Private 
Private 



Private 
Private 

Private 



Private 
Private 



Private 



Private 



Musician 
Private 



Private 



Dec. 1, 1862 

Oct. 21, 1862 
July 22, 1864 

Feb. 2. 1863 

April 9, 1865 

July 2. 1863 



Sept. 1, 1863 
Mch. 24. 1863 

Feb. 4, 1863 
May 1, 1863 
April 10, 1865 



Oct. 5. 1863 
Dec. 25, 1862 

Oct. 3, 1862 

June 15, 1863 

Mch. 22, 1863 

June 15, 1865 

Mch. 7, 1863 
Jan. 3, 1863 

June 25, 1863 

April 6, 1863 

June 27, 1863 

Feb. 11, 1863 

Feb. 23, 1863 

Aug. 6, 1864 
May 28, 1864 



Aug. 5, 1863 
Mch. 17, 1863 



Jan. 8, 1863 
Feb. 11, 1863 

June 10, 1863 

May 23, 1864 
Jan. 26, 1863 



Feb. 9. 1863 



Mch. 15, 1863 

Julv 2, 1863 
Jan. 3, 1863 



Oct. 17, 1864 



Musician Feb. 3, 1863 



Memphis, Tenn. . 

Lexington, Ky . . . 
Brashear City, La 

Memphis, Tenn. . 

Mobile, Ala 

St. Louis, Mo. . . . 

New Orleans, La. 
St. Louis, Mo. . . . 

Vicksburg, Miss. . 
Vicksburg, Miss. . 
Mobile, Ala 

New Orleans, La. 
Hamilton, O 

Covington, Ky. . . 

Vicksburg, Miss. . 

St. Louis, Mo. . . . 

Mobile, Ala 

Vicksburg, Miss. . 
Vicksburg, Miss. . 

St. Louis, Mo. . . . 

St. Louis, Mo. . . . 

Memphis, Tenn. . 

Keokuk, la 

St. Louis, Mo. . . . 

Port Hudson. La. 
Memphis. Tenn. . 

Vicksburg. Miss. . 
Memphis, Tenn . . 

Memphis, Tenn. . 
Memphis, Tenn . . 

Vicksburg, Miss. . 

Cairo, 111 

St. Louis, Mo. . . . 

St. Louis, Mo. . . . 

Vicksburg, Miss. . 

Vicksburg, Miss. . 
Vicksburg, Miss. . 

Tyler, Tex 

St. Louis, Mo. . . . 



Died in hospital; interred in 

Mississippi River Cemetery. 
Died at Cynthiana, Ky. 
Died in hospital at New Or- 
leans, La. 
Died in hospital; interred in 

Mississippi River Cemetery. 
Killed in battle of Fort 

Blakeley, Ala.; interred in 

sec. 4, grave 40. 
Died of disease; interred in 

sec. 2, grave 208, Jefferson 

Barracks Cemetery. 
Died of disease. 
Died of disease; interred in 

Jefferson Barracks Cemetery. 
Died at Young's Point, La. 
Died at Milliken's Bend, La. 
Died of wounds received April 

9, 1865, in battle of Fort 

Blakeley, Ala. 
Died in hospital. 
Died at home in Butler county. 

Ohio. 
Died in hospital; interred in 

sec. D, grave 85, Linden 

Grove Cemetery. 
Died on hospital boat on Mis- 
sissippi river. 
Died of disease; interred in 

Jefferson Barracks Cemetery. 
Died of disease; interred in 

sec. 1, grave 68. 
Died at Young's Point, La. 
Died on hospital boat at Milli- 
ken's Bend, La. 
Died in hospital; interred in 

Jefferson Barracks Cemetery. 
Died on hospital boat. City of 

Louisiana; interred in sec. 5, 

grave 13, Jefferson Barracks 

Cemetery. 
Died of wounds received in 

action at siege of Vicksburg, 

Miss.; interred in Mississippi 

River Cemetery. 
Died of disease; interred in 

Oakland Cemetery. 
Died of disease; interred in 

Jefferson Barracks Cemetery. 
Died at home in Ohio. 
Drowned at Morganza, La. 
Died of disease; interred in 

sec. 1, grave 59, Mississippi 

River Cemetery. 
Died at Milliken's Bend, La. 
Died of disease; interred in 

sec. 2, grave 117, Mississippi 

River Cemetery. 
Died of disease; interred in 

Mississippi River Cemetery. 
Died in hospital of wounds; 

interred in Mississippi River 

Cemetery. 
Died in hospital at Milliken's 

Bend, La.; interred in sec. 

H, grave 4. 
Died in hospital. 
Died on hospital boat D. A. 

January; interred in sec. 64, 

grave 129, Jefferson Barracks 

Cemetery. 
Died in hospital; interred in 

SQC. 65, grave 160, Jefferson 

Barracks Cemetery. 
Died on hospital boat D. A. 

January. 
Died of disease. 
Died on steamer Citizen near 

Milligan's Landing, Miss.; 

interred in sec. E, grave 373. 
Captured April 8, 1864, at bat- 
tle of Sabine Cross Roads, 

La; died in Rebel Prison at 

Hempstead, Tex. 
Died of disease, interred in 

Jefferson Barracks Cemetery. 



Roll of Honor Eighty -Third Regiment O. V. I. 



187 



Names. 



Havens, Thomas. 



Helmick, Milton 



Hensler, John S. . . 
Hildreth, George C 



Hill. Jed iah... 
Hind.s. William 
Hix, William J 



Hogan, William . . . 

Huff, James 

Hunt, John 

Hutchins, Douglass 
Irwin, William .... 



Jeffrey, Frederick . 
Jolmson. Holly. . . . 



Co, 



Jackson, John H . 



Jones. James M . 
Judy, Jacob B . . 



Kelso, James T. 

Ketchum, Frederick 
Kilgour, Henry.. 



Killen, Hugh B 



Kinney, Patrick 

Kindle, Joseph 



Krause, Edward M 

Krause, Gustave A 

Lacey, James R . . . 

Landenburgh, Jos. 
Larue, Joseph 

Latoszynski, Simon 
Lewis. William. . . . 
Lippert, Gustav. . . 
Lodwell, Timothy. 

Long, Adam 

LuUman, John .... 

McCarren, Wm. H 



McCormick, George 
McMurry, Wm. J 



Marks, John. 



Markum, Jeremiah 
Markwell, Jas. M. B. 
Martin, Erastus M 

Martin, Michael . . 



Rank. 



Private 



Private 



Private 
Corporal 



2d Lieut 

Private 

Private 



Private 



Private 
Private 



Private 
Private 



Sergeant 
Private 

Sergeant 

Private 
Private 

Private 

Private 
Private 
Private 



Died. 



F Private 
B Private 



Private 



Private 
Private 



Private 
Corporal 

Private 
Private 
Private 
Private 
Private 
Private 

Private 



Private 
Private 



Private 

Private 
Private 
Corporal 



Buried. 



Remarks. 



Feb. 14, 1S63 



Dec. 19, 1863 

Jan. 11, 1863 
Mch. 20, 1S63 



Mch. 17. 1863 
Jan. 27, 1863 
Mch. 10, 1863 



Aug. 14. 1S63 

Jan. 20. 1863 

Dec. 21, 1862 

May 22, 1863 
Nov. 21, 1864 



Jan. 11, 1863 
April 9. 1865 

July 1, 1863 



May 22. 1863 
Mch. 21, 1863 

Feb. 1.5, 1863 

June 2, 1S63 
Dec. 8, 1862 
Nov. 21, 1864 



Feb. .5, 1863 
June 1, 1863 



Feb. 24, 1863 

June 15, 1863 

May 20, 1863 

Feb. 5, 1863 
Feb. 4, 1863 

Tan. 11, 1863 
Sept. 10, 1864 
Mav 19, 1863 
Mch. 25, 1863 
July 28. 1864 
Dec. 16, 1862 

Oct. 3, 1864 



Jan. 11, 1863 
July 19, 1863 



Jan. 15, 1863 

Mav 22, 1863 
July 13. 1865 
April 17, 1863 

June 20, 1863 



St. Louis, Mo 

Louisville, Ky 

Arkansas Post, Ark 
St. Louis, Mo 

Vicksburg, Miss. . . . 
Vicksburg, Miss. . . . 
St. Louis, Mo 

^lemphis, Tenn. . . . 

Vicksburg, Miss. . . . 

Memphis, Tenn . . . . 

Vicksburg, Miss. . . . 
Tyler, Te-x 



Arkansas Post, Ark. 
Mobile, Ala 



Cincinnati, O . 



Vicksburg, Miss. 
St. Louis, Mo. . . 



St. Louis, Mo. 



Vicksburg, Miss. 
Memphis, Tenn . 
Tyler, Tex 



Vicksburg, Miss. 
Vicksburg, Miss. 



St. Louis, Mo. 



Vicksburg, Miss. 

Vicksburg, Miss. 

Vicksburg, Miss. 
Memphis, Tenn. 



Arkansas Post, Ark. 

Amanda, O 

Vicksburg, Miss. . . . 
Vicksburg, Miss. . . . 
Port Hudson, La. . . 
Memphis, Tenn. . . . 



Port Hudson, La. 



Arkansas Post, Ark. 
St. Louis, Mo 



Helena, Ark. . . . 

Vicksburg, Miss. 
Galveston, Tex. . 
Vicksburg, Miss. 

St. Louis, Mo. . . 



Died in hospital; interred in 
sec. ()5, grave 178, Jefferson 
Barracks Cemetery. 
Died in hospital; interred in 

Cave Hill Cemetery. 
Killed in battle. 
Died on hospital steamer; in- 
terred in Jefferson Barracks 
Cemetery. 
Died of disease. 
Died at Young's Point, La. 
Discharged - — -; died of dis- 
ease ; interred in sec. 65, grave 
134, Jefferson Barracks 
Cemetery. 
Died on hospital steamer Chas. 
McDougall; interred in sec. 1, 
grave 37, Mississippi River 
Cemeteri'. 
Died on hospital steamer Citi- 
zen of wounds. 
Died in hospital; interred in 
Mississippi River Cemetery. 
Killed in siege. 

Captured April 8, 1864. at bat- 
tle of Sabine Cross Roads, 
La.; died in Rebel Prison at 
Camp Gross, Tc.x. 
Killed in battle. 
Died of wounds received in 
battle of Fort Blakeley. Ala. 
Died of wounds received in 
siege of Vicksburg. Miss.; 

interred in Cemetery. 

Killed in siege. 

Died in hospital; interred In 
Jefferson Barracks Ceraeterj'. 
Died of disease; interred in 
sec. 65, grave 131, Jefferson 
Barracks Cemetery. 
Died at Milliken's Bend, La.; 
interred in sec. E, grave 345. 
Died of disease; interred in 
Mis,sissippi River Cemetery. 
Captured April 8, 1864, at bat- 
tle of Sabine Cross Roads, 
La.; died in Rebel Prison at 
Camp Gross, Tex. 
Died at Young's Point, La. 
Died in hospital at Milliken's 
Bend, La.; interred in sec. 
E, grave 34. 
Died in hospital; interred in 
sec. 65, grave 182, Jefferson 
Barracks Cemetery- 
Died of disease; interred in 

sec. G, grave 956. 
Killed in assault; interred in 

sec. G, grave 472. 
Died at Young's Point, La. 
Died of wounds; interred in 
Mississippi River Cemetery. 
Killed in battle. 
Died of disease. 
Died of disease. 
Died at Milliken's Bend, La. 
Drowned at Morganza, La. 
Died of disease; interred in 
Mississippi River Cemetery. 
Died in hospital of wounds 
received Oct. 2, 1864, at 
Morganza Ferry, La. 
Killed in battle. 
Died at Benton Barracks; in- 
terred in sec. 7, grave 56, 
Jefferson Barracks Cemetery. 
Died on hospital boat at mouth 

of White river. Ark. 
Killed in siege. 
Died of disease. 
Died on hospital boat D. A. 

January. 
Died of disease; interred in 
sec. 1, grave 158, Jefferson 
Barracks Cemetery. 



188 



Roll op Honor Eighty-Third Regiment O. V I. 



Names. 



Co 



Rank. 



Died. 



Buried. 



Remarks. 



Martin, William 



Metz, Charles 

Meyers, William.. 



Miller, Henry 

Mitchell, James B.. . 
Monford, Elisha W. 



Monfort, James. . . . 

Monig, Casper 

Morgan, William H . 

Myers, Stephen . . . . 

Negus, John T 

Noble, Frank 

Nugent, Michael C. 

Parish, Joseph S. . . . 
Patmor, Francis R. . 

Peabody, Martin L. 
Price, George G . . . 



Price, James 

Printy, William L. . 
Prophater, Oliver B. 



Reece, Jeremiah . . . 
Rednig, Michael. . . 
Regner, Joseph F. . 
Reynolds, James. . 

Reynolds, William. 
Richey, Oscar P. . . 



Ross, James C 

Rudicil, Anderson.. 



Sacket, DeLacey. 
Salter, Arthur W. 



Schowe, Ernst., 
Scnider, Lewis. 



Scudder Enos H. . . 
Shannon, James J. 

Shu£f , Jonathan . . . 

Shutte, Benjamin.. 

Skidmore, Alfred . . 
Skillman, Richard M 
Smith, George B . . 

Smith, Noah 

Smith. Stephen M. J 

Snively, Jacob A. 

Snyder, John .... 



Stevens, Isaac L. 



Stewart, William H. 



Private 



Private 
Private 

Private 

Sergeant 

Private 



Private 

Private 
Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 
Private 

Private 
Corporal 

Private 
Musician 
Corporal 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 
Private 

Private 

Corporal 

Private 
Private 

Corporal 
Corporal 



Private 

Private 

Private 

Sergeant 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

1st Lieut. 

Private 



Private 



Mch. S, 1863 



Mch. 16, 1863 
Aug. 25, 1863 

Jan. 11, 1863 
May 20, 1863 
Sept. 1, 1863 



Mch. 25, 1863 

Jan. 29, 1863 
Feb. 7. 1863 

May 25. 1863 

Mch. 11, 1863 

Sept. 16, 1863 

Jan. 9, 1863 

April 10, 1863 
April 22, 1865 

May 22. 1863 
June 18, 1863 

Feb. 1. 1865 
Feb. 5, 1863 
Jan. 11, 1863 

Feb. 27, 1863 

May 19, 1863 

Jan. 13, 1863 

April 21, 1863 

Jan. 11, 1863 

Mch. 8, 1863 

May 8, 1864 
June 3, 1863 

Mch. 11, 1863 

April 9, 1865 

April 25, 1863 
Sept. 24, 1862 

Jan. 16, 1863 
Jan. 19, 1863 



May 25, 

Mch. 6, 

June — , 
May 9, 
April 28, 
July 1, 
Feb. 18, 

April 23, 

April 26, 



1863 

1863 

1863 
1863 
1865 
1864 
1863 

1863 

1865 



Nov. U, 1864 



Mch. 9, 1863 



St. Louis, Mo 

Vicksburg, Miss . . . 
Memphis, Tenn. . . 

Arkansas Post, Ark 
Vicksburg, Miss. . . 
Chalmette, La. . . . 

Nashville, Tenn . . . 

Vicksburg, Miss. . . 
Memphis, Tenn . . . 

Vicksburg, Miss. . . 

Vicksburg, Miss. . . 

Cincinnati, O 

Lexington, Ky 

Helena, Ark 

New Orleans, La. . 

Vicksburg, Miss. . . 
St. Louis, Mo 

Hamilton, O 

Plainville. O 

Arkansas Post, Ark 

Vicksburg, Miss. . . 

Vicksburg, Miss. . . 

Arkansas Post, Ark 

Vicksburg, Miss. . . 

Memphis, Tenn. . . 

Vicksburg, Miss. . . 

New Orleans, La . . 
Vicksburg, Miss. . . , 

Vicksburg, Miss. . . , 

Mobile, Ala 

Vicksburg, Miss. . . , 
Covington, Ky. . . . , 

Arkansas Post, Ark 
Memphis, Tenn. . . 

Vicksburg, Miss. . . , 
Vicksburg, Miss. . . . 

Middletown, O 

Natchez, Miss 

Baton Rouge, La. . . 
Keokuk, la 

Vicksburg, Miss. . . , 

New Orleans, La . . . 

Tyler, Tex 

Vicksburg, Miss. . . . 



Died of disease; interred in 
sec. 64, grave 128, Jefferson 
Barracks Cemetery. 

Died at Young's Point, La. 

Died in hospital; interred in 
Mississippi River Cemetery. 

Killed in battle. 

Died at Milliken's Bend, La. 

Died at Carrollton, La.; in- 
terred i n Monument Ceme- 
tery. 

Died on hospital boat Nash- 
ville. 

Died at Young's Point, La. 

Died in hospital; interred in 
Mississippi River Cemetery. 

Died at Milliken's Bend, La.; 
interred in sec. H, grave 86. 

Died at Providence, La.; in- 
terred in sec. K, grave 89. 

Died in hospitaJ; interred in 
sec. B, grave 208, Spring 
Grove Cemetery. 

Died in hospital; interred in 
sec. 5, grave 221. 

Died of disease. 

Died in hospital at Granville, 
La.,' of wounds. 

Died at Young's Point, La. 

Died in hospital; interred in 
Jefferson Barracks Cemetery. 

Died in Butler County, O. 

Died at home in Ohio. 

Died of wounds received Jan. 
11, 1863, in battle. 

Died at Young's Point, La.; in- 
terred in sec. D, grave 36. 

Died at Milliken's Bend, La.; 
interred in sec. A, grave 126. 

Died of wounds received Jan. 
11, 1863, in battle. 

Died on hospital boat Nash- 
ville; interred in sec. A. 
grave 41 

Died in hospital; interred in 
Mississippi River Cemetery. 

Died on hospital boat D. A. 
Januarj-. 

Died of disease. 

Died in hospital; interred in 
sec. E, grave 365. 

Died in hospital at Milliken's 
Bend, La. 

Killed in battle at Fort Blake- 
ley, Ala. 

Died at Milliken's Bend, La. 

Died of disease; interred in 
sec. B, grave 55, Linden Grov 
Grove Cemetery. "^^ 

Died of wounds received Jan 
11, 1863, in battle. 

Died on hospital boat D. A. 
January, of wounds received 
Jan. 11, 1863, in battle of 
Arkansas Post; interred in 
Mississippi River Cemetery. 

Died of wounds received May 
23. 1S63, in siege. 

Died at Young's Point, La.; in- 
terred in sec. A, grave 263. 

Died of disease. 

Died of disease. 

Died of disease. 

Died in hospital. 

Died of disease; interred in 
Oakland Cemetery. 

Died at Milliken's Bend, La. ; 
interred in sec. K, grave 118. 

Died of wounds received April 
9, 1865, in battle of Fort 

Blakeley, Ala. ri^ 

Captured April S, 1864, at bat- 
tle of Sabine Cross Roads, 
La.; died in Rebel Prison at 
Camp Gross, Tex. 

Died at Young's Point. La. 



Roll of Honor Eighty-Third Regiment O. V. I. 



189 



Names. 


Co. 


Rank. 


Died. 


Buried. 


Remarks. 


Strobridge, Jacob C. 


11 


Sergeant 


Mch. 17, 18G3 


Vicksburg, Miss 


Died on hospital boat Nash- 
ville. 

Died on hospital boat Nash- 
ville. 

Died of disease; interred in 


Swain, John 


11 


Private 


May 25, 1863 


V'icksburg, Miss 


Swaney, David F. . . 


B 


Private 


Feb. 9, 1863 


St. Louis, Mo 












Jefferson Barracks Cemetery. 


Taylor, David P 


E 


Private 


May 22, 1863 


Vicksburg, Miss 


Killed in siege. 


Teller, John 


D 


Private 


April 28, 1864 


Louisville, Ky 


Died of disease; interred in 
sec. B, row 16, grave 56, Cave 
Hill Cemetery. 


Thomas, Jacob 


(; 


Private 


Nov. 12, 1862 


Hamilton, O 


Died in Butler county, O. 


Thompson, Isaiah. . 


E 


Private 


Jan. 17, 1863 


V'icksburg, Miss 


Died on hospital steamer Citi- 


Thompson, Squire. 


G 


Private 


May 11, 1863 


Vicksburg, Miss 


Died at Milliken's Bend, La. 


Thompson, Thos. J . 


A 


Sergeant 


Mch. 15, 1863 


Vicksburg, Miss 


Died at Milliken's Bend, La. 


Thompson .William. 


G 


Private 


April 20, 1863 


St. Louis, Mo 


Died of disease; interred in 
see. 1, grave 33, Jefferson 
Barracks Cemetery. 


Thomson, David . . . 


H 


Sergeant 


Jan. 22, 1863 


Vicksburg, Miss 


Died at Milliken's Bend, La. 


Trader, Moses W. . . 


K 


Private 


Mch. 24, 1863 


Memphis, Tenn 


Died of disease; interred in 
Mississippi River Cemetery. 


Vanansdall, John N. 


G 


Private 


April 8. 1865 


Mobile. Ala 


Killed in battle of Fort Blake- 
ley, Ala.; interred in sec. 4, 
grave 41. 


Waldo, Lawrence. . . 


B 


Captain 


AprU 25, 1864 


Alexandria. La 


Died of wounds received April 
8, 1864, in battle of Sabine 
Cross Roads, La.; interred in 
sec. 29, grave 12. 


Walker, HilkiahG.. 


I 


Wagoner 


Feb. 21, 1863 


Vicksburg. Miss 


Died at Young's Point, La. 


Wallace, John W.... 


B 


Private 


Jan. 23, 1863 


Vicksburg, Miss 


Died on hospital steamer 
Citizen at mouth of Yazoo 
river. 


Warden. Ernst 


F 


Sergeant 


May 18, 1863 


Vicksburg, Miss 


Died at Kidd's Plantation of 
wounds received May 16, 
1863 in battle of Champion 
Hills, Miss. 


Watt, Francis M . . . 


B 


Private 


Oct. 9, 1862 


Cincinnati, O 


Died in hospital; interred in 
Spring Grove Cemeterj-. 


Weaver, William . . . 


G 


1st Lieut. 


Jan. 13, 1863 


Memphis, Tenn 


Died at Arkansas Post Ark., o( 
wounds received Jan. 11. 
1863, in battle; interred in 
Mississippi River Cemetery. 


Webber, WQliam . . . 


K 


Private 


May 24, 1863 


Vicksburg. Mias 


Died of wounds received May 
22. 1863, in assault. 


Wermel, Martin 


K 


Private 


July 27, 1863 


Vicksburg, Miss 


Died at Messenger's Ford 
Mississippi. 


Wesco, Franklin. . . . 


G 


Corporal 


Jan. 11. 1863 


Memphis, Tenn 


Died at Arkansas Post, Ark. 
of wounds; interred in Mis- 
sissippi River Cemetery. 


Wethero, James D. . 


G 


IstSergt. 


Feb. 11, 1863 


St. Louis, Mo 


Died of disease; interred in 
Jefferson Barracks Cemetery, 


Wetmore, John A.. . 


H 


1st Sergt, 


May 26. 1863 


Vicksburg. Miss 


Died of wounds received May 
22, 1863, in assault. 


White, George W. . . 


I 
A 


Private 
Private 


Sept, 7, 1864 
Jan. 11, 1863 






White, Thomas 


Arkansas Post. Ark.. . . 


Killed in battle. 


Whittlesey, Benj... . 


I 


Private 


May 3, 1863 


Vicksburg. Miss 


Died at Perkins' Plantation, 

Louisiana. 


Williams, Lewis A . . 


B 


Corporal 


April 22, 1863 


Vicksburg. Miss 


Died at Holmes' Plantation, 
Louisiana. 


Winston, Hubert . . . 


C 


Sergeant 


Aug. 24. 1863 


Seymour. Ind 


Killed in railroad accident. 


Work, Robert 


B 


Private 


April 23. 1863 


St. Louis, Mo 


Died in hospital; interred in 
sec. 1, grave 88, Jefferson 
Barracks Cemetery. 


Worstell, Joseph.. . . 


B 


Private 


June 25, 1863 


Vicksburg, Miss 


Died at Milliken's Bend, La.; 
interred in sec. 2, grave 102. 


Worstell, William... 


C 


Private 


June 21, 1865 


Olive Branch, O 


Died at home. 


Zickafoose, Elias . . . 


H 


Private 


Mch. 12. 1865 


Natchez, Miss 


Died in hospital. 



EIGHTY-THIRD 
REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY. 



FIELD AND STAFF. 

Mustered in Sept. 12, 1862, at camp in the field, Campbell County, Ky., by R. S. Smith, Lieutenant 2d Cavalry 
U. S. A. Mustered out July 24, 1865, at Galveston, Tex., by J. L. Baker. 1st Lieutenant 23d Wis- 
consin Volunteers, and C. M. 13th Army Corps. 



Names. 



Rank. 



Age. 



Date of 

Entering the 

Service. 



Per- 
iod of 
Ser- 
vice. 



Remarks. 



Frederick W. Moore . . . 
WUliam H.Baldwin.... 
Steph. S. L'Hommedieu 



John S. McGrew . . 
Marion Wilkerson . 
George Cassady . . . 



Lawrence Waldo . 
John Curtis , 

John B. Mitchel. 



Archie Young. 



John W. Burch. 
Stacy Daniels. . 



Samuel L. Yourtee. 
Joseph Rudolph . . . . 



Cornelius A. Burns. 

George Kerr 

Lewis A. Davison . . 
George I. King. . . . 



Alexander M. Berger 

Jacob Godar 

George W. Suter .... 



Colonel 

Lt. Col. 

Major 



Surgeon 
As. Surg. 
....do. . . 



Adjutant 
....do... 



.do... 



.do. . 



R. Q. M. 
. ...do. . 



Chaplain 
Ser. Maj. 



....do... 
....do. . . 
....do. . . 
Q. M. S. 



George W. Carey Com. Ser. 

William A. Clark do 

Alexander H. Miller. . . Hos. St'd 



....do. . . 

....do. . . 
Fife Maj 



24 



27 



1862 
1862 
1862 



July 21, 
July 16, 
July 16. 



Aug. 19, 
Aug. 15, 
Sept. 15, 



July 21, 
Aug. 4, 



Aug. 11. 1862 



Aug. 2.1862 



3 yrs. 
3 yrs, 
3 yrs, 



1862 3 yrs, 
18623 yrs, 



1862 



1862 
1862 



July 21, 
Sept. 12, 



Sept. 13 
Sept. 12 

July 21, 

Aug. 9 

Aug. 5, 
Aug. 7, 

Aug. 15, 
Aug. 18, 
Aug. IS, 



Aug. 9, 1862 3 yrs 



Aug. 5, 
Sept. 30, 



3 yrs. 



3 yrs. 
3 yrs. 

3 yrs. 



3 yrs, 



3 yrs, 
3 yrs 



1862 
1862 



1862 3 yrs 
1862 3 yrs 

1862 3 yrs 

1862 3 yrs 

1862 3 yrs 

1862 3 yrs 

1862 3 yrs 
1862 3 yrs 
1862 3 yrs. 



1862 3 yrs 
1862,3 yrs, 



Appointed Aug. 22, 1862; brevetted Brig. Gen- 
eral March 26, 1865; mustered out with reg- 
iment July 24, 1865. 

Appointed Aug. 20, 1862; brevetted Colonel 
March 26, 1865; Brig. General Aug. 22, 1865; 
mustered out with regiment July 24, 1805. 

Appointed Aug. 20, 1862; Act. Asst. Inspector 
General, Headquarters Natchez, Miss., Feb. 
4, 1865; mustered out with regiment July 24, 
1865. 

Discharged July 26, 1864. 

Discharged Aug. 31, 1863. 

Promoted to Surgeon Sept. 21, 1864, but not 
mustered; to Surgeon 182d O. V. I. April 1, 
1865. 

Transferred to Co. D July 1, 1863. 

Appointed from 1st Lieutenant Co. D July 1, 
1863; resigned Aug. 22, 1863. 

Promoted to Sergt. Major from Sergeant Co. 
K May 1, 1863; 2d Lieutenant Co. E April 
13, 1863; appointed Act. AdjuUnt Sept. 1. 
1863; promoted to 1st Lieutenant and Ad- 
jutant March 26, 1864; transferred to Co. I 
July 13. 1864; from Co. I Nov. 17, 1864, to Co. 
H April 27, 1865. 

Promoted to Sergt. Major from Sergeant Co. 
D July 27, 1863; 1st Lieutenant Co. E Feb. 
18, 1864; appointed Adjutant July 13. 1864; 
transferred to Co. F Nov. 17. 1864; Co. H 
Jan. 17, 1865; from Co. H April 27, 1865; 
mustered out with regiment July 24, 1865. 

Resigned Aug. 2, 1863. 

Promoted to Q. M. Sergeant from private Co. 
H .Sept. 12, 1862; to 2d Lieutenant Co. H 
April 13. 1863; 1st Lieutenant and Regt. 
Quartermaster Feb. 18, 1864; Captain July 
11. 1864, but not mustered; discharged Jan. 
17, 1865, by reason of consolidation of 48th 
and 83d regiments. 

Resigned May 3, 1863. 

Promoted from private Co. H Sept. 12, 1862; 
to 2d Lieutenant Co. G Nov. 24, 1862. 

Promoted from 1st Sergeant Co. A Jan. 10, 
1863; to 2d Lieutenant Co. A Feb. 13. 1863. 

Promoted from 1st Sergeant Co. C ; to 1st 

Lieutenant Co. H April 11, 1864. 

Promoted from Sergeant Co. D July 1, 1864; 
mustered out with regiment July 24, 1865. 

Promoted from private Co. F May 1. 1863; 
mustered out Jan. 18, 1865, at Natchez, Miss., 
as supernumerary by reason of consolidation. 

Promoted from private Co. C Sept. 12, 1862; to 
1st Lieutenant Co. F March 29, 1865. 

Promoted from Corporal Co. K April 14, 1865; 
mustered out with regiment July 24, 1865. 

Promoted from private Co. D Nov. 7, 1862; dis- 
charged Oct. 2. 1863, at camp near Carroll- 
ton. La., on Surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Promoted from private Co. C ; discharged 

June 22, 1863, at camp near Vicksburg, Miss., 
on Surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Promoted from private Co. A Oct. 3. 1863; mus- 
tered out with regiment July 24, 1865. 

Discharged April 14. 1863 at Milliken's Bend, 
by order of War Department. 



11901 



Roster Eighty-Third Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 



191 



COMPANY A. 

Mustered in Aug. 23, 1862, at Camp Dennison, O., by P. H. Breslin, Captain 18th Infantry, U. S. A. Mustered 
out July 24, 1865, at Galveston, Tex., by J. L. Baker, 1st Lieutenant 23d Wisconsin Volunteers, and 
CM. 13th Army Corps. 



Rank. 



Age. 



Date of 

E ntering the 

Service. 



Per- I 
iod of 
Ser- 
vice. I 



Remarks. 



Dewitt C. Shockley. . . 
William H. Windeler.. 

William R. McCoraas. 

Francis M. Leflar 

John R. Phillips 

Edward C. Collins. . . 

George Kerr 



Albert Fuhrman 

Cornelius A. Burns. 



Jacob Meyers. 



Henry Yeakle. 



George F. Hibben . . , 
Charles H. Amos. . . 
John Worstell 



John Snyder. 



Robert Cox 

Charles A. Short 

Francis M. Ilarter. . . . 
Francis M. Jackson. . . 
Samuel S. Wintersteen 

Frank Beckman 

Asbury Adams 

Harry Kendall 

Michael Hughes 



Captain 
...do. . . 

...do. .. 



....do. .. 
1st Lieut. 
....do... 

....do... 



John F. Kumler 

Thomas J. Thompson. . 

Augustus F. Hine 



Thomas M. Dickson. 
Joseph Stickels 



2d Lieut. 
...do. . . 



1st Sergt. 

...do. .. 
Sergeant 

. ...do. . . 



.do. 
.do. 



...do. 



....do. 
....do. 
....do. 



.do. 



Corporal 
..do. . 

..do. . 
..do. . 
..do. . 

..do. . 

..do. . 

..do. . 

..do. . 



July 
July 



1862 
1862 



July 26, 1862 



July 23, 1862 

July 

Aug. 



1862 
1862 



Aug. 9, 1862 



July 
July 



1862 
1862 



Aug. 6, 1862 



Aug. 
July 



1862 
1862 



Aug. 15, 1862 



Aug. 
.\ug. 



1862 
1862 



Aug. 15, 1862 



Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 



1862 
1862 
1862 



Aug. 12, 1862 



Aug. 
Aug. 

Aug. 
-A.ug. 
Aug. 

Aug. 

Feb. 

Aug. 

Aug. 



1862 
1862 

1862 
1862 
1862 

1862 



3 yrs. 
3 yrs, 

3 yrs. 



3 yrs. 
3 yrs. 
3 yrs 

3 yrs. 

3 yrs, 
3 yrs, 

3 yrs. 



3 yrs, 
3 yrs, 

3 yrs 

3 yrs 

3 yrs, 

3 yrs. 



3 yrs, 
3 yrs, 
3 yrs. 



3 yrs 



3 yrs. 
3 yrs. 

3 yrs, 
3 yrs, 
3 yrs, 

3 yrs. 



1864 3 yrs, 
1862 3 yrs 
1862 3 yrs. 



Resigned Feb. 9, 1863. 

Promoted from 1st Lieutenant Co. C Feb. 9, 
1S63; resigned July 29, 1863. 

Appointed 1st Lieutenant July 26, 1862; as- 
signed to duty on staff of Major General 
McCIernand, commanding 13th Army Corps, 
Feb. 4, 1863; promoted to Captain May 8, 
1863; transferred to Co. C Jan. 1, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. H Jan. 17, 1865; mus- 
tered out with company July 24, 1865. 

Promoted from 2d Lieutenant Co. E May 8, 
1863; transferred to Co. E June 12, 1863- 

Mustered as .Sergeant; promoted to 1st Lieu- 
tenant Feb. 18, 1864; transferred to Co. C 
Jan. 17, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. H Jan. 17, 1865; mus- 
tered out with company July 24, 1865. 

Resigned March 30, 1863. 

Promoted from 1st Sergeant to Sergt. Major 
Jan. 10, 1863; from Sergt. Major Feb. 13, 
1863; to Captain Co. F Feb. 18. 1864. 

Appointed Sergeant from private Aug. 23, 
1862; 1st Sergeant Jan. 10. 1863; mustered 
out Jan. 18, 1865, by reason of consolidation 
of 48th and 83d regiments. 

Transferred from Co. H Jan. 17, 1865; mus- 
tered out with company July 24, 1865. 

Appointed Corporal Aug. 23, 1862; Sergeant 
Aug. 31, 1862; died March 15. 1863, at Milli- 
ken's Bend, La. 

Transferred from Co. H Jan. 17, 1865; wounded 
April 9. 1865, in battle of Fort Blakeley. Ala.; 
mustered out July 6, 1865, at New Orleans, 
La., by order of War Department. 

Transferred from Co. F Jan. 17, 1865; mus- 
tered out with company July 24, 1S65. 

Transferred from Co. H Jan. 17, 1865; appointed 
from private ; mustered out with com- 
pany July 24, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. H Jan. 17. 1865; appointed 
from Corporal June 21, 1865; mustered out 
with company July 24, 1865. 

Appointed from private Aug. 23, 1862. 

Appointed from private Aug. 23, 1862. 

Appointed Corporal Dec. 24, 1862; Sergeant 
March 1, 1863; transferred to Co. C Jan. 17, 
1865. 

Appointed from Corporal Nov. 8, 1862; wounded 
Jan. 11, 1863, in battle of .A.rkansas Post. 
Ark.; promoted to 2d Lieutenant March 30, 
1863, but not mustered; transferred to Co. 
C Jan. 17, 1865. 

Appointed Corporal Nov. 16. 1862; died April 
7, 1863, on hospital steamer D. A. January. 

Appointed Corporal Nov. 1, 1862; discharged 
May 7, 1863, at Columbus, O., on Surgeon's 
certificate of disability. 

Transferred from Co. H Jan. 17, 1865; mus- 
tered out with company July 24, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. H Jan. 17, 1865; mus- 
tered out with company July 24, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. H Jan. 17, 1865; appointed 

Corporal ; mustered out with company 

July 24, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. C Jan. 17, 1865; appointed 

Corporal ; mustered out with company 

July 24, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. H Jan. 17, 1865; appoint- 
ed Corporal July 1, 1865; trajisferred to Co. 
A, 48th Battalion, July 24. 1865. 

Appointed Corporal Aug. 23, 1862; discharged 
Sept. 4, 1863, at camp near CarroUton, La., 
on Surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Appointed Corporal Oct. 13, 1862; .Sergeant 
March 16, 1863; wounded .April 8, 1864, in 
battle of Sabine Cross RoadSu La.; reduced 
to Corporal — -; transferred to Co. C Jan. 
17, 1865. 



192 



Roster Eighty-Third Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 



Names. 



Rank. 



Age. 



Date of 

Entering the 
Service. 



Per- 
iod of 
Ser- 



Remarks. 



Andrew Speath .... 
Aaron T. Sutton . . 

Franklin Hildreth . 



John Haller 

Arthur W. Salter. 



....do. 
....do. 



...do. 



.do... 
.do. . . 



John W. .Scott 
Robert Dawson . . 
Sylvester Kriefer . 
Anderson, James . 



Angerer, Anthony ... 
Applegate, Richard J 



Arnold, Henry. 
Bailey. Byron. . 



Baltzell, Nathan. 
Baltzell, Samuel. 



Bennett, Jerome B . 



Bird, William 

Bock, Davis 

Bodine, Charles E. 



Coleman, Daniel . . 
Conkling, Richard. 
Cook, Benjamin . . , 

Cook, Jonah 

Cox, Thomas 



Crosby, Isaac E. 



Bohlinger. Michael. . . . 
Booker, Noah 


....do. .. 
....do. . . 




....do. . . 


Bridges, Elmore 


....do... 


Brobest, Peter 


....do. . . 


Burke, James 


Private 


Carroll, William 


do . 


Castell, Conrad 


...do. . . 


Ceiphy, Raphael 

Clark, John 


....do... 
....do. . . 


Close, Robert 


....do... 



Musician 

Wagoner 

....do... 

Private 



.do. 
.do. 



.do. 
.do. 



.do. 
.do. 



...do. 

...dt). 
...do. 
...do. 



.do. 
.do. 
.do. 
.do. 
.do. 



,.do. 



22 



Aug. 9, 
Aug. 5, 



1862 
1862 



Aug. 6. 1862 



Aug. 5, 
Aug. 4, 



Aug. 1, 
Aug. 19, 
Aug. 7. 
Aug. 6, 



1862 
1862 



1862 
1862 
1862 
1862 



3 yrs 
3 yrs 



3 yrs 



3 yrs 
3 yrs 



3 yrs 
3 yrs 
3 yrs 
3 yrs 



Aug. 12 
Aug. 19, 

Jan. 27, 
Aug. 11, 



Aug. 5, 
Aug. 1, 



1862 3 yrs 
1862 3 yrs 

186413 yrs 
1862|3 yrs 



1862 3 yrs 
1862 3 yrs 



Aug. 11, 1862 3 yrs 



July 21, 
24 Aug. 11, 
20 Aug. 6, 



Aug. 19, 
Oct. 4, 



Aug. 6, 

Aug. 12, 

Aug. 13 

Aug 15, 

Aug. 8, 
Aug. 4, 



Aug. 20, 
.'^.ug. 6, 



1862 3 yrs 
1862 3 yrs 
1862 3 yrs 



1862 3 yrs 

1863 3 yrs 



1862 
1862 



3 yrs 
3 yrs, 



,1862 3 yrs, 

1862 3 yrs, 

1862,3 yrs, 
1862 3 yrs. 

186213 yrs, 
1862,3 yrs. 



July 18, 1862,3 yrs 

Aug. 20 

Aug. 11 

Aug. 7 

Aug. 19 

Aug. 6 



, 1862 
, 1862 
,1862 
, 1862 
, 1862 



Aug. 13, 1862 



3 yrs. 
3 yrs. 
3 yrs. 
3 yrs. 
3 yrs. 



3 yrs. 



Appointed Corporal March 15, 1863; wounded 
May 19, 1863, in siege of Vicksburg, Miss.; 
transferred to Co. C Jan. 17, 1865. 

Appointed Corporal March 15, 1863; captured 
.\pril 8, 1864, in battle of Sabine Cross Roads, 
La.; exchanged and returned to company 
Jan. 15, 1865; transferred to Co. C Jan. 17, 
1865. 

Appointed Corporal Oct. 15, 1862; wounded 
Jan. 11, 1863, in battle of Arkansas Post, 
Ark.; captured April 8, 1864, at battle of Sa- 
bine Cross Roads, La.; exchanged Dec. 23, 
1864; transferred to Co. C Jan. 17, 1865. 

Appointed Corporal Aug. 23, 1862. 

Wounded May 19, 1863, in siege of Vicksburg, 
Miss.; appointed Corporal Oct. 28, 1863; Ser- 
geant July 25, 1864; reduced to Corporal Oct. 
30, 1864; transferred to Co. C Jan. 17, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. H Jan. 17, 1865; mustered 
out with company July 24, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. H Jan. 17, 1865; mustered 
out with company July 24, 1865. 

Discharged July 26, 1863 at Vicksburg, Miss., 
on Siirgeon's certificate of disability. 

Captured April 8, 1864, at battle of Sabine 
Cross Roads, La.; confined at Camp Grove. 
Tex.; exchanged Dec. 26, 1864; transferred 
to Co. C Jan. 17. 1865. 

Transferred from Co. H Jan. 17, 1865; mustered 
out with company July 24, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. C as Corporal Jan. 17, 

1865; reduced ; mustered out with com* 

pany July 24, 1865. 
Transferred to Co. C Jan 17. 1865. 
Appointed Corporal Aug. 23, 1862; reduced 

Aug. 26. 1863: transferred to Co. C Jan. 17. 

1865. 
Transferred from Co. H Jan. 17, 1865; mustered 

out with company July 24, 1865. 



Appointed Corporal Aug. 23, 1862; Sergeant 
Aug. 30, 1862; reduced to ranks Nov. 8, 1862; 
appointed Corporal Aug. 26, 1863; reduced 
July 21, 1864; transferred to Co. C Jan. 17, 
1865. 

Transferred to Co. C Jan. 17, 1865. 

Captured April 8, 1864. in battle of Sabine 
Cross Roads, La.; transferred to Co. C Jan. 
17, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. H Jan. 17, 1865; mustered 
out with company July 24, 1865. 

Died Aug. 5, 1863, in Regimental Hospital near 
Vicksburg, Miss. 

Discharged April 27, 1864 at New Orleans, La., 
on Surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Transferred from Co. H Jan. 17, 1865; mus- 
tered out with company July 24, 1865. 

Transferred to Co. C Jan. 17, 1865. 

Captured April 8, 1864. at battle of Sabine 
Cross Roads, La.; died Nov. 20, 1864, in 
Rebel Prison at Camp Gross, Tex. 

Transferred to Co. C Jan. 17, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. H Jan. 17, 1865, died 
May 4, 1865, of wounds received April 9, 1865, 
in battle of Fort Blakeley, Ala. 

Died Sept. 2, 1863, in General Hospital, Mem- 
phis, Tenn. 

Transferred from Co. H Jan. 17, 1865; mustered 
out with company July 24. 1865. 

Transferred from Co. C Jan. 17. 1865; mustered 
out with company Jan. 17, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. C Jan. 17, 1865; killed 
April 9, 1865, in battle of Fort Blakeley, Ala. 

Transferred from Co. C Jan. 17. 1865; mustered 
out with company July 24, 1865. 

Transferred to Co. A. 5th Regiment Veteran 
Reserve Corps, Sept. 1, 186^5; mustered out 
July 5, 1865, at Indianapolis, Ind., by order 
of War Department. 

Died Dec. 1, 1862, in hospital at Memphis, 
Tenn., as Isaac T. Cosby. 



Roster BiGHTY-THmo Regiment Omo Volunteer Infantry. 



193 



Names. 



Rank. 



.'^ge 



Date of 

Entering the 

Service. 



Per 
iod of 
Ser- 



Remarks. 



Daniel, John 

Danner, John M . 
Davis, William . . . 
Davis, James .... 



Davis, Thomas. . 



De France, Samuel . 
Dodd, James , 



Dunworth, David . 
Eaton, William . . . 



Foster, Luke 

Garlln, Edward J . . . 
Gerdes, Henry 



Ginther, Conrad. . . . 

Godar, Jacob 

Goodwin, Andrew J. 



Gould, Charles H. 



Hall, Gary 

Hanselman, Simon. 



Harvey, Charles W . 

Hatton, Joseph H . . 
Hedding, Wesley B . 

Heeneman, William. 



Henrie, Joseph T . 



Herrier, Louis. 



Hilton, David 

Hinkley, William. . , 



Hoffman, Joseph . . . 
Hogan, William . . . , 

Jacobs, Bernard ... 



James, Alfred P. 
Johnson, Holly.. 



Jones, William 



Jones, John B . 

Keen, William . 
Kinley, James. 



Private 
...do. . 
...do.. 
...do.. 



.do. 



...do. 
...do. 



...do. 
...do. 



.do. 
.do. 
.do. 



.do. 
.do. 
.do. 

.do. 



.do. 
.do. 



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29 



20 



23 



18 



29 



Aug. 13, 1S62 
Feb. 18. 18G4 
Nov 4, 1863 
Aug. 9, 1862 

July 25, 1862 

Aug. 22. 1862 
Aug. 15, 1862 

Aug. 20, 1862 

Aug. 12, 1862 

Oct. 31. 1863 
Aug. 15, 1862 
Aug. 12, 1862 



3 yrs. 
3 yrs. 
3 yrs. 
3 yrs. 

3 yrs. 

3 yrs. 
3 yrs. 

3 yrs. 

3 yrs. 

3 yrs. 
3 yrs. 
3 yrs. 



Aug. 9, 1862 3 yrs. 
Aug. 5, 1862 3 yrs. 
June 9, 1863 3 yrs. 

Aug. 15, 1862 3 yrs. 



July 31, 1862 
Aug. 9. 1862 



Aug. 6.1862 

Aug. 13, 1862 
Aug. 22, 1862 

Aug. 19, 1862 



July 21, 1862 



Aug. 11, 1862 



Aug. 
Nov. 



Aug. 
July 



6, 1862 
3. 1863 



13, 1862 
28, 1«62 



July 19, 1862 



Aug. 
July 



12, 1862 
28, 1862 



Aug. 14, 1862 



July 18, 1862 



Sept. 
Aug. 



20, 1864 
8, 1862 



3 yrs. 
3 yrs. 



3 yrs. 

3 yrs. 
3 yrs. 

3 yrs. 



3 yrs. 



3 yrs. 

3 yrs. 
3 yrs. 



3 yrs. 
3 yrs. 



3 yrs. 



3 yrs, 
3 yrs, 



3 ITS. 

3 yrs, 

1 yr. 

3 yrs, 



Transferred from Co. C Jan. 17, 1865; mustered 
out with company July 24, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. H Jan. 17. 1865; to Co. A, 
48th Battalion. July 24. 1865. 

Transferred from Co. H Jan. 17. 1865; to Co. 
A. 48th Battalion, July 24, 1865. 

Discharged Nov. 28, 1864. at mouth of White 
river. Ark., on Surgeon's certificate of disa- 
bility. 

Discharged Sept. 21. 1863, at camp near Car- 
roUton. La., on Surgeon's certificate of disa- 
bility. 

Wounded July 1, 1863, in siege of Vicksburg, 
Miss.; transferred to Co. C Jan. 17. 1865. 

Transferred from Co. C Jan. 17. 1865; mustered 
out with company July 24, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. C as Corporal Jan. 17, 

1865; reduced to ranks ; died April 10, 

1865, of wounds received April 9, 1865, in 
battle of Fort Blakeley, Ala. 

Transferred from Co. H Jan. 17. 1865; to Co. 
A, 48th Battalion, July 24, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. H Jan. 17, 1865; mustered 
out with company July 24, 1865. 

Captured Nov. 3, 1863. at battle of Grand 
Coteau, La.; confined at Alexandria, La.; 
exchanged Dec. 26, 1863; transferred to Co. C 
Jan. 17, 1865. 

Discharged Sept. 15, 1863, by civil authority. 

Promoted to Hospital Steward, Oct. 3, 1863. 

Transferred from Co. H Jan. 17, 1865; to Co. A, 
48th Battalion, July 24, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. C Jan. 17, 1865; reduced 
from Corporal ; mustered out with com- 
pany July 24, 1865. 

Transferred to Co. C Jan. 17, 1865. 

Wounded May 19, 1863, in siege of Vicksburg, 
Miss.; captured Nov. 3. 1863. at battle of 
Grand Coteau. La.; confined at Alexandria, 
La.; exchanged Dec. 26, 1863; transferred to 
Co. C Jan. 17, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. C Jan. 17, 1865; mustered 
out with company July 24, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. H Jan. 17, 1865; mustered 
out with company July 24, 1865. 

Transferred as Corporal from Co. C Jan. 17, 
1865; reduced ; mustered out with com- 
pany July 24, 1865. 

Also borne on rolls as Joseph T. Heurie; dis- 
charged Feb. 7, 1863, at Memphis. Tenn., on 
Surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Transferred from Co. C Jan. 17, 1865; mustered 
out with company July 24, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. C Jan. 17, 1865; mustered 

out Aug. 2. 1865. at Camp Chase, O.. by 

order of War Department; see Co. A. 48th 

Battalion. 
Transferred from Co. C Jan. 17. 1865; mustered 

out with company July 24. 1865. 
Discharged Aug. 3, 1863, at Vicksburg, Miss., 

on Surgeon's certificate of disability; died 

.A.ug. 14, 1863. on hospital steamer Charles 

McDougall, while enroute home. 
Appointed Corporal Aug. 23, 1862; reduced 

Feb. 29, 1864; transferred to Co. C Jan. 17, 

1865. 
Transferred to Co. C Jan. 17, 1865. 
Transferred from Co. H Jan. 17, 1865; died 

April 9, 1865, in hospital of wounds received 

same day in battle of Fort Blakeley, Ala. 
Captured Nov. 3, 1863. at battle of Grand 

Coteau. La.; confined at .tVlexandria. La.; 

exchanged Dec. 26. 1863; transferred to Co. C 

Jan. 17. 1865. 
Transferred to 163d Co., 2d Battalion Veteran 

Reserve Corps. ; mustered out July 18, 

1865. at New Orleans. La. 
Transferred from Co. H Jan. 17, 1865; mustered 

out with company July 24, 1865. 
Transferred from Co. C Jan. 17. 1865; mustered 

out with company July 24, 1865. 



194 



Roster Eighty-Third Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 



Names. 



Rank. 



Age 



Date of 

Entering the 

Service. 



Per- 
iod of 
Ser- 
vice. 



Remarks. 



Lavon, Martin 

Lehman, Nathan. . . 

Lenhoff , John 

Lerue, Alexander G. 

Leverton, William A 
Lippert, Gustav. . . . 
McAllister, John. . . 

McDonald, Patrick. 



McGraw, Robert B. 

McKitrick, Russel. . 
McLaughlin, Henry 
McLaughlin, Elijah. 



McQuillen, Bryan. 
Martin, William S. 



Martin, Albert. 
Martin, Frank. 



Masters, Albinos J. 



Masters, Isaac . . . . 
Meyer, Frederick. . 
Milligan, David . . . 



Milligan, Richard . 



Moore, Andrew . 
Mosier, Jacob.. . 



Mosier, George 

Murphy, William. . 
Murray, Patrick. . . 



Newhall, David . . . 

Nichols, Charles H . 

Nieman, Daniel . . . 

Ohlshlager, Henry. 

Owen, Thomas. . . . 
Pendry, Elmore. . . 

Pepper, John R . . . 



Pierson, David. . 
Pierson, Adrian . 



Popp, George . 

Porter, Robert. 
Post, Hiram . 



Pritchard, John . 



Ramsey, David . 
Revellee, Isaac. 



Private 

. ..do. . 

. ..do. . 

...do. . 

...do. . 
...do. . 
...do. . 



.do. 



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..do. 
..do. 
..do. 



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.do. 



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.do. 

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.do. 
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..do. 



.do. 
.do. 



.do. 



.do. 
-do. 



.do. 

.do. 

.do. 

.do. 

.do. 
.do. 

.do. 



.do. 
.do. 




24 



Feb 

.\ug. 

Aug. 

Aug. 

Aug. 
Aug. 
July 



1864 3 

1862 3 

1862 3 

, 1862 3 

1862 
,1862 
1862 



yrs. 

yrs. 

yrs. 

yrs. 

'■ yrs. 
; yrs, 
1 yrs. 



Aug. 21, 18G2 



Dec. 24, 1863 



Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 



Aug. 
Aug. 



Aug, 
Aug, 



1862 
1862 
1862 



1862 

1862 

1862 
1862 



Aug. 15, 1862 

1862 
1862 
1862 



Aug. 
Aug. 
July 



3 yrs. 



3 yrs 

3 yrs 
3 yrs, 
3 yrs. 



3 yrs 

3 yrs 

3 yrs 
3 yrs 

3 yrs. 

3 yrs 
3 yrs 
3 yrs 



July 21, 1862 3 yrs 



Aug. 
Aug. 



1802 3 yrs 
1862 3 yrs 



Aug. 9, 1862 3 yrs 



Aug. 
Aug. 



, 1862 3 yrs. 
, 1862 3 yrs. 



Aug. 13, 1862 



Aug. 

Aug. 

Aug. 

Aug. 
Feb. 



, 1862 3 
, 1862 3 



4, 
15, 
12, 1862 3 yrs, 



1862 3 yrs 
1864 '■ 



Aug. 11, 1862 



3 yrs, 
3 yrs. 



Aug. 
Aug. 



3 yrs. 



, 1862 3 yrs, 
, 1862 3 yrs, 

, 1862 3 yrs, 

, 1862 3 yrs, 
, 1862 3 yrs, 

, 1862 3 yrs. 



3 yrs, 
3 yrs, 

3 yrs, 



Transferred from Co. C Jan. 17, 1865; to Co. A. 
48th Battalion, July 24, 1865. 

Appointed Corporal ; reduced Oct. 30, 1864; 

transferred to Co. C July 24, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. C July 24, 1865; mustered 
out with company July 24, 1865. 

Discharged March 19, 1863, at Milliken's Bend. 
La., on Surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Transferred to Co. C July 24, 1865. 

Died May 19, 1863, at Vicksburg, Miss. 

Discharged Aug. 13, 1863, at Vicksburg, Miss.. 
on Surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Transferred from Co. H Jan. 17, 1865; prisoner 
of war from Oct. 13, 1864, to April 27, 1865; 
mustered out with company July 24, 1865. 

Appointed Corporal — — ; reduced Oct. 30, 1864; 
transferred to Co. C Jan. 17. 1865. 

Transferred to Co. C Jan. 17, 1865. 

Transferred to Co. C Jan. 17. 1865. 

Discharged Nov. 18, 1864, at mouth of White 
River, Ark., on Surgeon's certificate of disa- 
bility. 

Transferred from Co. H Jan. 17, 1865; to Vet- 
eran Reserve Corps April 1, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. H Jan. 17, 1865, mustered 
out with company July 24, 1865. 

Transferred from Co C Jan. 17, 1865; mustered 
out with company July 24, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. C Jan. 17, 1865; mustered 
out with company July 24, 1865. 

Transferred to Co. C Jan. 17, 1865. 

Discharged March 7, 1864, at Marine LT. S. Gen- 
eral Hospital, New Orleans, La., on Surgeon's 
certificate of disability. 

Discharged Nov. 28, 1864, at mouth of White 
river. Ark., on Surgeon's certificate of disa- 
bility. 

Transferred to Co. C Jan. 17, 1865. 

Appointed Corporal Aug. 23, 1862; reduced ; 

transferred to Co. C Jan. 17, 1865. 

Discharged Nov. 20, 1862, at Columbus, O.. on 
Surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Transferred to Co. C Jan. 17, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. C Jan. 17, 1865; dis- 
charged to date June 11, 1865, by order of 
War Department. 

Transferred from Co. H Jan. 17, 1865; mus- 
tered out Aug. 21, 1865, at Vicksburg, Miss., 
on expiration of term of service. 

Transferred to Co. C, 23d Regiment Veteran 
Reserve Corps, AprU 28, 1864. 

Transferred from Co. C Jan. 17, 1865; mus- 
tered out with company July 24, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. C Jan. 17, 1865; mustered 
out with company July 24, 1865. 

Transferred to Co. C Jan. 17, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. H Jan. 17, 1865; to Co. A. 
48th Battalion, July 24, 1865. 

Wounded May 19, 1863, in action near Vicks- 
burg, Miss.; transferred to Co. I, 23d Regi- 
ment Veteran Reserve Corps, April 28, 1864; 
mustered out July 1, 1865, at St. Louis, Mo., 
by order of War Department. 

Transferred to Co. C Jan. 17, 1865. 

Transferred to 1st Battalion Veteran Reserve 

Corps ; discharged Oct. 30, 1863, on 

Surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Transferred from Co. H Jan. 17. 1865; mustered 
out with company July 24, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. H Jan. 17, 1865; mustered 
out with company July 24, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. C as Sergeant Jan. 17, 
1865; reduced to ranks Feb. 17, 1865; dis- 
charged June 15, 1865, at Marine U. S. Gen- 
eral Hospital, New Orleans, La. 

Transferred from Co. H Jan. 17, 1865; mustered 
out with company July 24. 1865. 

Transferred from Co. H as Corporal Jan. 17. 
1865; reduced ; mustered out with com- 
pany July 24, 1865. 

Died Jan. 11, 1863, in hospital at Memphis, 
Tennessee. 



Roster Eighty-Third Regiment Ohio Volijnteer Infantry. 



195 



Names. 



Age. 



Date of 

Entering the 

Service. 



Per- 
iod of 
Ser- 
vice. 



Remarks. 



Reynolds, James. 



Rhodes, John , 
Riker, Ennis. . 



Riker, Daniel. 
Roe, James T. 



Roll. Abijah 

Roosa, Joseph T . . . 

Roseboom, Ananias. 

Schowe, Ernst 

Schuler, John 



Seabold, John. 
Sharp, John . . 



Shaw, William . . 
Shelhouse, Jacob . 



Shonberg. William. 



Shutte, Benjamin. 
Smith, Charles F. 



Smith, Iliram. 



Smith, Michael V 
Smith, George B. 



Snyder, George. . . 

Spivey, George R. 

Stapleton, James . 
Struve, Henry H . 



Swearingen, William 

Tearne, Samuel .... 
Thompson, Andrew J 
Thonges, Christian . . 



Turner, William . . 
Twehus, Joseph . . 
Voegeli, Jacob . . . 
Volkert, Adam . . . 
Wallace, Thomas. 
Wheelright, Jesse. 



White, Thomas . . . 
Williams, Jacob R . 
Wilson, Perry 



Wilson, William . . 
Wilson, John J. . . 
Worstell, William. 



Private 



.do. . 
.do. . 



..do. 
..do. 



.do. 
.do. 

.do. 
.do. 
.do. 



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.do. 



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.do. 



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.do. 
.do. 
.do. 
.do. 
.do. 

.do. 

.do. 

.do. 



.do. 
.do. 
.do. 



Aug. 9. 1862 



Aug. 15, 
Aug. 22, 



Aug. 13, 
Aug. 14, 



1S62 
1802 



1862 
1862 



Aug. 13, 
Aug. 13, 

Aug. 12, 
Aug. 15, 
Feb. 18. 

Aug. 18. 

Nov. 11. 

Aug. 22, 
Aug. 13, 

Aug. 5, 1862 



1862 
1862 

1862 
1862 
1864 

1862 

1863 

1862 
1862 



Aug. 13, 
Aug. 22, 



1862 
1862 



Aug. 16, 1864 1 yr 



Aug. 15, 
Feb. 23 

Vug. 8, 

Aug. 11 

Aug. 8 
Aug. 11 



3 yrs 



3 yrs. 
3 yrs, 



3 yrs, 
3 yrs 



3 yrs, 
3 yrs 

3 yrs 
3 yrs 
3 yrs 

3 yrs 

3 yrs 

3 yrs 
3 yrs 

3 yrs 

3 yrs 
3 yrs 



1862 3 yrs 
1864 3 yrs 

1862 3 yrs 

1862 3 yrs 

1862 3 yrs. 
1862 3 yrs. 



Aug. 9. 1862 3 yrs 



Aug. 7. 
Sept. 21. 
Aug. 12. 

Aug. 1. 
Aug. 30. 
Aug. it. 
Aug. 9. 
Aug. 22. 
Aug. 20. 

Aug. 19. 

Aug. 8. 

Aug. 21. 

Nov. 10 
Nov. 5. 
Aug. 12. 



1862 
1864 
1862 

1862 
1S62 
1862 
1862 
1862 
1862 

1862 

1862 

1862 

1S63 
1863 
18C2 



3 yr.s. 
1 yr. 
3 yrs, 

3 yrs. 
3 yrs. 
3 yrs. 
3 yrs. 
3 yrs. 
3 yrs. 

3 yrs, 

3 yrs, 

3 yrs. 

3 yrs. 
3 yrs 
3 yrs. 



Died April 21. 1863. on hospital steamer Nash- 
ville near Vicksburg, Miss. 

Wounded July 10, 1863, in action at Jackson, 
Miss.; transferred to Co. C Jan. 17. 1865. 

Transferred to Co. C Jan. 17. 1865. 

Transferred from Co. H Jan. 17. 1865; dis- 
charged May 12, 1805, at Barrancas, Fla., on 
Surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Transferred to Co. C Jan. 17. 1865. 

Mustered out May 9, 1865, at Davenport, la., 
by order of War t)epartment. 

Transferred to Co. C Jan. 17, 1865. 

Died April 25. 1803. at Milliken's Bend. La. 

Transferred from Co. H Jan. 17, 1865; to Co. A 
48th Battalion, July 24, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. C Jan. 17, 1865; mustered 
out with company July 24, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. H Jan. 17. 1805; to Co. 
A, 4Sth Battalion. July 24. 1805. 

Transferred to Co. C Jan. 17. 1865. 

Transferred from Co. H Jan. 17. 1865; mus- 
tered out with company July 24. 1865. 

Transferred from Co. C Jan. 17. 1.S65; mustered 
out with company July 24. 1S05. 

Died March 6. 1803. at Young's Point. La. 

Transferred from Co. H Jan. 17. 1805; mus- 
tered out June 27. 1865, as of Co. H, at Camp 
Dennison. O. 

Substitute; mustered out with company July 
24. 1865. 

Transferred to Co. C Jan. 17, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. C Jan. 17. 1865; died 
April 28. 1805. at Natchez. Miss. 

Transferred from Co. C Jan. 17. 1865; mus- 
tered out with company July 24. 1865. 

Transferred from Co. H Jan. 17. 1865; mus- 
tered out with company July 24. 1865. 

Transferred to Co. C Jan. 17. 1805. 

Transferred from Co. C Jan. 17. 1865; mus- 
tered out with company July 24. 1865. 

Discharged Sept. 21. 1863, at camp near Car- 
roUton, La., on Surgeon's certificate of disa- 
bihty. 

Transferred from Co. C Jan. 17, 1865; mus- 
tered out with company July 24, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. 11 Jan. 17, 1865; mus- 
tered out with company July 24. 1865. 

jWounded July 5. 1863, in action near Vicks- 
burg. Miss.; transferred to Co. C Jan. 17. 
1865. 

Transferred to Co. C Jan. 17. 1805. 
Transferred to Co. C Jan. 17. 1805. 
Transferred to Co. C Jan. 17. 1865. 

Transferred from Co. H Jan. 17. 1805; mus- 
tered out with company July 24. 1805. 

Killed Jan. 11. 1803, in battle of -Vrkansas Post, 
Arkansas. 

Discharged Oct. 21. 1803. at Camp Dennison, 
O.. on Surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Transferred from Co. H Jan. 17. 1865. as Ser- 
geant; reduced to ranks Jime 21, 1865; mus- 
tered out with company, July 24. 1S05. 

Transferred from Co. C Jan. 17, 1805; to Co. 
A, 4Sth Battalion, July 24, 1805. 

Transferred from Co. C Jan. 17. 1805; to Co. 
A. 4Sth Battalion. July 24. 1805. 

Transferred to Co. C Jan. 17. 1805. 



196 



Roster Eighty-Third Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry 



COMPANY B 

Mustered in Aug. 29, 1862. at Camp Dennison, O., by A. F. Bond, Captain 2d Infantry, U. S. A. Mustered 
out July 24, 1865, at Galveston, Tex., by J. L. Baker, 1st Lieutenant 23d Wisconsin Volunteers, and 

C. M. 13th Army Corps. 



Names. 



Rank. 



Age. 



Date of 

Entering the 

Service. 



Per- 
iod of 
Ser- 
vice. 



Remarks. 



James W. Craven. 
Philip Bescher. . . 



Lawrence Waldo . 



Charles H. E. Cole. 

Joseph R. Shannon . 
William Fisher 



John W. Burdsall. 
Samuel Nash. . . . 



James W. Hudson . 



Jacob Seiffert 

Albert Finlay 

Thomas Corcoran. 
Samuel C. Price. . , 



Captain 
...do... 



JohnT. Talbot 

James T. De Mar .... 

John J. Meyers 

William L. Robinson. . 

Henry Romes 



....do... 

Ist Lieut. 
....do... 
....do.. . 
2d Lieut. 

1st Sergt. 

Sergeant 

....do. . 
....do. . 



James J. Shannon . . 

Gustavus Seiffer 

Thomas Beelte 

Lewis A. Williams 

William Strohman 



William L. Printy . . 

Ausdenmoore, Herman. 
Baldwin, Samuel F. 
Bascom, Henry K. . 

Behner, John 

Berdel, Ludwig 



....do... 
Corporal 

....do. . . 

....do. . . 

....do. . 

....do.. . 
....do. .. 



.do. 



Corporal 
....do. . . 



....do... 
Musician 



...do.. 

Private 
...do.. 
...do.. 
...do. . 
...do. . 



28 



July 15, 1S62 
July 15. 1862 

July 21, 1862 



July 15, 1862 
Aug. 8, 1862 



21 



26 



Nov. 13. 1862 



.\ug. 8. 1862 



July 21, 1862 



Aug. 4, 
July 22, 

Aug. 11, 
Aug. 11, 



July 23, 1862 3 yrs 



1862 
1862 



1862 
1862 



3 yrs. 
3 yrs, 

3 yrs 

3 yrs. 
3 yrs. 
3 yrs. 
3 yrs. 

3 yrs. 

3 yrs. 

3 yrs. 
3 yrs. 

3 yrs. 
3 yrs. 



.\ug. 15, 

Aug. 15, 

Aug. 18. 
July 23. 



1862 

1862 

1862 
1862 



Aug. 13. 1862 



July 28, 
Aug. 18, 



186: 
1862 



July 18, 1862 
Aug. 11, 1862 



.\ug. 11, 1862 

Aug. 18, 1862 
Jan. 23. 1864 
Aug. 8, 1862 
July 22, 1862 
July 23, 1862 



3 yrs, 
3 yrs, 

3 yrs 

3 yrs 

3 yrs 

3 yrs 
3 yrs 

3 yrs, 
3 yrs. 

3 yrs, 

3 yrs, 
3 yrs, 
3 yrs, 
3 yrs, 
3 yrs. 



Resigned Nov. 7, 1862. 

Promoted from 1st Lieutenant Nov. 7. 1862; 

resigned Aug. 2, 1863. 
Promoted from 1st Lieutenant Co. D Aug. 12. 

1863, to date April 13, 1863; died April 25. 

1864, of wounds received April 8. 1864. in 
battle of Sabine Cross Roads, La. 

Promoted from 2d Lieutenant Nov. 7. 1862; 
resigned Feb. 8, 1863. 

Promoted from 1st Sergeant Feb. 18, 1864; 
transferred to Co. I Jan. 17. 1865. 

Commissioned Aug. 26. 1864; no further rec- 
ord found. 

Promoted to 1st Lieutenant and Regt. Quar- 
termaster 22d Regiment U. S. Colored Infan- 
try to date Dec. 21, 1863. from which mus- 
tered out Oct. 16, 1865. 

Mustered as private; appointed Sergeant ; 

1st Sergeant April 1, 1864; captured April 8, 
1864, at battle of Sabine Cross Roads, La.; 
exchanged Dec. 23. 1864; transferred to Co. C 
Jan. 17, 1865. 

Appointed Aug. 29, 1862; discharged to date 
June 4, 1863, for promotion to Captain 3d U. 
S. Colored Heavy Artillery, from which re- 
signed Jan. 9, 1865. 

Appointed Aug. 29, 1862; transferred to Co. I 
Jan. 17, 1865. 

Appointed Corporal Aug. 29, 1862; Sergeant 
July 1. 1863; discharged May 17, 1864 at St. 
James Hospital, New Orleans, La., on Sui'- 
■geon's certificate of disability. 

Mustered as private; appointed Sergeant ; 

transferred to Co. I Jan. 17. 1865. 

Appointed Corporal Aug. 29. 1862; transferred 
to Co. G, 22d Regiment Veteran Reserve 

Corps, ; mustered out July 3. 1865 at 

Camp Chase, O., by order of War Department 

Appointed Corporal Aug. 29, 1862; died Jan. 19 
1863, on U. S. Hospital steamer D. A. Janu- 
ary, of wounds received Jan. 11, 1863. in bat- 
tle of Arkansas Post, Ark. 

Appointed Corporal Aug. 29, 1862; Sergeant 
; reduced to Corporal Oct. 31. 1864; trans- 
ferred to Co. I Jan. 17, 1865. 

Appointed Corporal Aug. 29, 1862; died Feb. 9, 
1863, in Lawson Hospital, St. Louis. Mo., of 
wounds received in action. 

Appointed Corporal Aug. 29, 1862; died April 
22, 1863, in camp at Holmes' Plantation, La. 

Appointed Corporal Aug. 29, 1862; discharged 
March 16, 1863, at Cincinnati, C. on Sur- 
geon's certificate of disability. 

Appointed Corporal ; discharged March 6, 

1863, at Memphis, Tenn.. on Surgeon's certifi- 
cate of disability. 

Appointed Corporal ; transferred to Co. I 

Jan. 17, 1865. 

Appointed Corporal April 1, 1864; captured 
April 8. 1864, at battle of Sabine Cross Roads. 
La.; confined at Camp Grove, Tex.; ex- 
changed Dec. 23, 1864; transferred to Co. C 
Jan. 17, 1865. 

Appointed Corporal July 1. 1864; transferred 
to Co. I Jan. 17, 1865. 

Appointed Musician Aug. 29, 1862; transferred 
to Co. G, 22d Regiment Veteran Reserve 

Corps, ; mustered out July 3, 1865, at 

Camp Chase, O.. by order of War Depart- 
ment. 

Appointed Musician Aug. 29. 1862; died Feb. 
5, 1863, at Plainville, O. 

Transferred to Co. F Aug. 30, 1862. 

Transferred to Co. I Jan. 17. 1865. 



Roster Eighty-Third Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 



197 



Names. 



Rank. 



Age. 



Date of 

Entering the 

Service. 



Per- 
iod of 
Ser- 



Remarks. 



Boake, John L. 



Bricker, John W 

Brooding. Henry E. . 
Brooding, George M . 



Buckel, George J . . . 

Burg, FranE 

Campbell, James L. 



Carroll, Albert B.. 
Codling. William. . 
Coffey, Dennis. ... 

Conley, Andrew. . . 
Connor, Taylor. . . . 



Cover, Samuel 

Cunningham, James W. 



Dale, Columbus. . . 
Dean, Charles W. . 
De Forest, James. . 
De Mar, Isaac F. . 

Dowd, James 

Ferenter, Anton . . . 



Flint, William H... 
Glaze, Alexander T 
Guess, Solomon. . . 



Goldschmidt, Barney 



Hall, James D. . . . 

Hall. David 

Hardy, Benjamin.. 
Harvey, George E. 



Harrington, John G . 



Hazard, William. 
Heery, Charles. . 
Helda, Bernherd. 
Holden, George. . 
Howe, George H . 



Irwin, Joseph G. . 
Irwin, William R. 



Jackson. John W. . . 
Johns, George W. . . 
Junkin, Samuel F. . 
Killen, Hugh 



Kindle, Charles K. . 

Kindle, Napoleon B . 

Kindle, Joseph 

Koester, Christian. . 

Labarre, George M . 
Leiet, George. 



Littleton, Van Buren . 
Long, Edward 



Private 



.do. 




.do. 
.do. 



.do. 

.do. 

.do. 

.do. 
.do. 
.do. 

.do. 
.do. 



.do. 
.do. 

.do. 
.do. 
.do. 
.do. 
.do. 
.do. 

.do. 
.do. 
.do. 



..do. 

..do. 
..do. 
..do. 
..do. 



...do. 



.do. 
.do. 
.do. 
.do. 
.do. 



...do. 
...do. 



.do. 
.do. 
.do. 
.do. 



21 



20 



.■\ug. 22. 1862 



Feb. 10, 1805 



.A.ug. 18, 
Aug. IS. 



1862 
1862 



Aug. 11, 

July 23, 

Aug. 5, 

Aug. 13, 
Aug. 11 
July 20, 

Aug. 22, 
Aug. 15, 



Aug. 8, 
Jan. 27, 



1862 

1862 

186 

186L 
1862 
186 

186- 
1862 



1862 
1865 



3 yrs. 



lyr. 



3 yrs. 
3 yrs. 



yrs. 

3 vrs. 

3 yrs. 

3 yrs, 
3 yrs. 
3 yrs. 

3 yrs. 
3 yrs. 



3 yrs 
1 yr. 



IS 


Aug. 


15 


18 


lulv 


21 


43 


Feb. 


IK 


20 


Aug. 


8 


43 


Aug. 


8 


19 


Aug. 


6 



Feb. 26 
Aug. 11, 
Aug. 14 



1862 3 yrs. 
1862 3 yrs. 
1S64 3 yrs. 
1862 3 yrs, 
1862 3 yrs. 
1862 3 yrs. 

1864 3 yrs, 
1862 3 yrs. 
1862 3 yrs. 



Aug. 19, 1862 



Aug. 12, 
Aug. 13, 
Feb. 16 
Aug. 8, 



1862 
1862 
1864 
1862 



Aug. 9.1862 



Aug. 9, 
Aug. 15, 
Aug. 12 
Aug. 12 
July 22 

.'^ug. 11 

Aug. 11, 



Aug. 2, 
Aug. — , 
Aug. 11, 
Nov. 3, 



3 yrs. 

3 yrs 
3 yrs 
3 yrs 
3 yrs 



3 yrs. 

1862 3 yrs. 
1862 3 yrs, 
1862 3 yrs, 
1862 3 yrs, 
1862 3 yrs, 

1862,3 yrs. 

1862 3 yrs. 



1862 3 yrs, 
1862 3 yrs. 
1862 3 yrs. 
1862 3 yrs. 



Feb. 19, 

Feb. 10, 

Aug. — , 

July 25, 

July 2 4, 
Aug. 14, 



Aug. 11, 
Sept. 7, 



1865 1 yr. 

1865 1 yr. 

1862 3 yrs. 

1862 3 yrs, 

1862 3 yrs, 
1862:3 yrs. 



1862 3 yrs, 
1862'3 yrs. 



Appointed Corporal ; captured Nov. 3. 

1863. at battle of Grand Coteau, La., con- 
fined at Alexandria, La.; exchanged Dec. 25, 
1863; reduced from Corporal Oct. 31, 1864; 
transferred to Co. I Jan. 17, 1865. 

Transferred to Co. A, 48th Battalion, July 24, 
1865. 

Mustered as Wagoner. 

Died Feb. 6, 1863. at St. Louis. Mo., of wounds 
received Jan. 11. 1863. in battle of Arkansas 
Post. Ark. 

Died March 1. 1863, at Ballard's Farm. Young's 
Point, La. 

Discharged -April 24, 1863, at St. Louis, Mo., on 
Surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Appointed Sergeant from private Aug. 29, 
1862: reduced to ranks . 

Transferred to Co. C Jan. 17. 1865. 

Transferred to Co. I Jan, 17. 1865. 

Discharged July 11, 1864, at Washington. D. 
C. by order of War Department. 

Transferred to Co. F .\ug. 30, 1862. 

Captured Nov. 3, 1863, at battle of Grand 
Coteau, La.; confined at Alexandria, La.; ex- 
changed Dec. 25. 1863; transferred to Co. I 
Jan. 17. 1865. 

Transferred to Co. I Jan. 17. 1865. 

Transferred to Co. A, 48th Bartalion, July 24, 
1865. 

Transferred to Co. I Jan. 17, 1865. 
Transferred to Co. C Jan. 17, 1865. 
Transferred to Co. I Jan. 17. 1865. 

Also borne on rolls as Anthony Ferenter; 
transferred to Co. I Jan. 17. 1865. 

Transferred to Co. I Jan. 17, 1865. 

Transferred to Co. I Jan. 17. 1865. 

Discharged May 17, 1864, at New Orleans. La., 
on Surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps. Feb. 20. 
1864. 

Transferred to Co. I Jan. 17, 1805. 

Transferred to Co. I Jan. 17, 1865. 

Transferred to Co. C Jan. 17, 1865. 

Discharged Feb. 6, 1864, at Marine General 
Hospital, St. Louis. Mo., on Surgeon's certi- 
ficate of disability. 

Died Jan. 3, 1863, on steamer Citizen on Missis- 
sippi river, near Milligan's Landing, Miss. 

Discharged , at Cincinnati, O. 



Transferred to Co. I Jan. 17, 1S65. 

Discharged Oct. 10, 1864. on Surgeon's certifi- 
cate of disability. 

Discharged March 4, 1863. at St. Louis. Mo., 
on Surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Captured April 8, 1864, at battle of Sabine 
Cross Roads, La.; died Nov. 21, 1864, in 
Rebel Prison at Camp Gross, Tex. 



Captured April 8, 1864. at battle of Sabine 
Cross Roads, La.; died Nov. 21, 1864, in 
Rebel Prison at Camp Gross, Tex. 

Trans.^erred to Co. A, 48th Battalion, July 24, 
1865. 

Transferred to Co. .\, 48th Battalion, July 24. 
18*^5. . .. , 

Died June 1, 1863, in hospital at Milhkens 
Bend, La. 

Discharged Sept. 17. 1863. at St. Louis. Mo., 
on Surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Transferred to Co. C Jan. 17, lb65. 

Captured Nov. 3, 1863. at battle of Grand Co- 
teau, La.; confined at Alexandria. La.; re- 
turned to company Dec. 26. 1863; transferred 
to Co. C Jan. 17, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. H Oct. 31, 1862; 
discharged Feb. 25, 1863. at Keokuk, la., 
on Surgeon's certificate of disability. 



198 



Roster Eighty-Third Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 



Names. 



Rank. 



Age. 



Date of 

Entering the 
Service. 



Per 
iod of 
Ser- 
vice 



Remarks. 



McDannel, Granville M 
Mahan, James A. 



Malott, Israel P 

Matthews, James M 
Markwell, James M. 
Meyers, William . . . 



Monig, Casper. 

Noble, Frank. . 

O'Neill, Feli-x . . 
Page, Michael. . 
Payne, John R. 
Pettit, Levi... . 
Roy, Adolphus. 
Sapwell, John. . 



Schafer, Lawrence . 
Schatzmann, Peter. 



Shean, Thomas. . . . 

Smith, Charles 

Steel. Silas N 

Swaney, David E. . 
Van Zandt, Lemuel. 



Wallace, John W... 

Washburn, John 

Watt, Francis M . . . 
Wells, Nathan 

White, Charles W . . 

Work, Willaim P.. . 
Work, Robert 

Work, James G . . . . 
Worstel, Joseph . . . . 



Wortheimer, Andrew. 
Wozencraft, Edwin D 
Wright, Benjamin M 



Private 
...do. . 



...do. 

...do. 
...do. 
...do. 

..do. 

..do. 



.do. 
.do. 
.do. 
.do. 
.do. 
.do. 



.do. 
.do. 



.do. 
.do. 
.do. 
.do. 
.do. 

.do. 

.do. 
.do. 
.do. 

.do. 

.do. 
.do. 

.do. 
.do. 

.do. 
.do. 
.do. 



Aug. 15, 
Feb. 14, 



1862 
1805 



.•\ug. 12. 1802 



3 yrs. 



Aug. 19, 
Feb. 14, 
Aug. 14, 

Aug. 12, 

Aug. 22, 

Aug. 4, 
Feb. 16, 
Aug. 22, 
Aug. 4, 
Feb. 16, 
Feb. 9, 

Aug. 7, 
July 28, 



Nov. 9, 
Aug. 21, 
Feb. 5, 
Aug. 11, 
Aug. 9, 



Aug. 11, 1862 



1802 
1865 
1862 

1862 

1862 

1862 
1864 
1862 
1862 
1864 
1864 

1862 
1862 j 3 



18633 
1862 3 
1864 3 
1862 3 
1862 3 



Aug. 4, 
Aug. 11. 
Feb. 14, 



1862 
1862 
1865 



Aug. 22. 1862 



Aug. 11, 
Aug. 11, 

Aug. 11, 
Aug. 22. 

July 28, 
Aug. 10, 
Aug. 18. 



3 yrs. 



3 yrs. 
3 yrs. 
1 yr. 

3 yrs. 



1862 

1862|3 

1862 3 

18623 

18623 
18623 
18623 



Transferred to Co. A, 48th Battalion, July 24. 

1865. 
Transferred from Co. F Nov. 1, 1862; to Co. I 

Jan. 17, 1865. 

Died July 13, 1865, at Galveston, Tex. 

Died Aug. 25, 1863. in Overton Hospital at 

Memphis. Tenn. 
Died Jan. 29, 1803, in hospital at Young's 

Point, Louisiana. 
Died Sept. 16, 1863, in Marine Hospital. 

Cincinnati, O. 

Transferred to Co. I Jan. 17, 1865. 
Transferred to Co. I Jan. 17, 1865. 
Transferred to Co. I Jan. 17. 1865. 
Transferred to Co. I Jan. 17, 1865. 
Discharged July 11, 1864, at New Orleans, La., 
on Surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Appointed Sergeant from private Aug. 29, 

1862; reduced to ranks ; transferred to 

Co. I Jan. 17, 1865. 

Transferred to Co. C Jan. 17, 1865. 

Transferred to Co. I Jan. 17, 1865. 

Died Feb. 9, 1863. at St. Louis, Mo. 

Reduced from Corporal ; transferred to 

Co. I Jan. 17, 1865. 

Died Jan. 23. 1863. on steamer Citizen on Mis- 
sissippi river, opposite mouth of Yazoo river. 

Transferred to Co. I Jan. 17, 1865. 

Died Oct. 9, 1862, in hospital at Cincinnati, O. 

Transferred to Co. A, 4Sth Battalion, July 24, 
1865. 

Mustered out May 31, 1865, at Indianapolis, 
Ind., by order of War Department. 

Died April 23. 1863, in Lawson Hospital, St. 
Louis, Mo 

Died June 25, 1863, in hospital at Milliken's 

Bend, La. 
Transferred to Co. C Jan. 17. 1865. 
Transferred to Co. F Aug. 30. 1862. 
Transferred to Co. I Jan. 17. 1865. 



COMPANY C. 

Mustered in Aug. 26. 1862. at Camp Dennison, O., by A. F. Bond. Captain 2d Infantry, U. S. A. Mustered 
out July 24, 1865, at Galveston, Tex., by J. L. Baker, 1st Lieutenant 23d Wisconsin Volunteers, and 

C. M. 13th Army Corps. 











Per- i 








Date of 


iod of 




Names. 


Rank. 


Age. 


Entering the 
Service. 


Ser- 
vice. 


Remarks. 


Edward Manser 


Captain 


24 


July 25. 1862 


3 yrs. 


Resigned Nov. 7, 1862. 


James Carlin 


do. . 


33 


July 14, 1802 


3 yrs. 


Promoted from 1st Lieutenant Co. D Nov. 7, 






1862; transferred to Co. D Dec. 15, 1862. 


William R. McComas. . 


....do. . . 


23 


July 20, 1862 


3 yrs. 


Transferred from Co. A Jan. 1, 1865; mustered 
out with company July 24, 1865. 


William H. Windeler... 


1st Lieut. 


28 


July 25, 1862 


3 yrs. 


Appointed Aug. 26, 1862; promoted to Captain 
Co. A Feb. 9, 1863. 


Henry M. Gastrell 


....do. . . 


21 


July 8, 1862 


3 yrs. 


Appointed 2d Lieutenant July 26. 1862; 1st 
Lieutenant Feb. 9. 1863; resigned Dec. 16. 
1863. 


William A. Beasley .... 


....do. . . 


26 


Aug. 7, 1862 


3 yrs. 


Appointed 1st Sergeant Aug. 26. 1862; pro- 
moted to 2d Lieutenant Feb. 9. 1863; 1st 
Lieutenant Feb. 18. 1864; Captain July 11, 

1864. but not mustered; discharged Jan. 17. 

1865, by reason of consolidation of 48th and 
83d regiments. 



Roster Eighty-Third Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 



199 



Names. 



Rank. Age. 



Date of 

Entering the 

Service. 



Per- 
iod of 
Ser- 
vice. 



Remarks. 



Edward C. Collins. 

George Kerr 

Colin R. Palmer. . . 



Henrj- Rouies 

John Pritchard 

George W. Milan. . . 
John W. Donnellou. 



Hubert Winston 



John Worstell. 
John Snyder. . 



Captain 
1st Sergt. 
....do. .. 



....do. . . 
Sergeant 
....do. . . 
....do... 



. ..do. . 



.do. 



.do. 



James D. Patton. . . . 
Robert Middleton . . . 



Lewis R. Washburn. 

William Heeneman . 

William Eaton 

Joseph Larue 

Charles H. Gould.. . 
Andrew J. Deford. . 



Corporal 
....do. .. 



...do. . 
...do. . 
...do. . 



.do. 



...do. . 
...do. . 



Byron Bailey ' . . . .do . 



James Lamb. 



Franklin Hildreth . . 
Aaron T. Sutton . . . 

Andrew Speath 

Albert Finley 

George Leist 



Thomas G. Robinson.. 



Michael Hughes 



Arthur \V. Salter. 



William Deford 

Charles Harrington. . . 
Washington .A. Boyer. 



Anderson, James. 

Atkins, Ira 

Bain, Francis P . . 



.do. 



...do.. 
. ..do. . 
...do. . 
. ..do. . 
...do. . 



.do. . 



. ...do. . . 

Musician 
. ...do.. . 
. ...do. . . 

Private 

....do. .. 

....do. . . 



18 



\ug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 

Aug. 
.\ug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 



1862 
1862 
1862 

1862 
1862 
1862 
1862 



Aug. 19, 1862 



Aug. 
Aug. 



Aug. 
Aug. 



Aug. 

Aug. 

.\ug. 
Aug. 
•A-ug. 



1862 
1862 



1862 
1862 



3 yrs. 
3 yrs. 
3 yrs. 

3 yrs. 
3 yrs. 
3 yrs. 
3 yrs. 

3 yrs 

3 yrs. 
3 yrs 



3 yrs. 
3 yrs. 



23 lAug 



1862 

1862 

1862 
1862 
1862 
1862 



Aug. 11, 1862 



30 I Aug. 6, 1862 



3 yrs. 
3 yrs. 

3 yrs 

3 yrs, 
3 yrs, 
3 yrs, 

3 yrs. 



3 yrs 



Aug. 
Aug. 
-\ug. 
.\ug. 
Aug. 



1862 
1862 



1862 
1862 



20 Aug. 13, 1862 3 yrs 
25 .\ug. 7, 1862 3 yrs 



.•\ug. 4, 1862 3 yrs. 
1862 3 yrs. 



Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 

Aug. 

Aug. 

•Aug. 



3 yrs. 
3 yrs. 
3 yrs. 
3 yrs. 
1862 3 yrs. 



1862 
1862 

1862 

1862 

1864 



3 yrs, 
3 yrs. 

3 yrs. 

3 yrs, 

3 yrs 



Transferred from Co. A Jan. 17, 1S0,3; mustered 

out with company July 24, 1S65. 
Appointed Sergeant .\ug. 20, 1862; 1st Sergeant 

; promoted to Sergt. Major . 

Appointed Corporal Aug. 26, 1862; 1st Sergeant 

May 1. 1804; mustered out to date Jan. 17, 

1865, at Natchez, Miss., by reason of consoli- 

dation of 48lh and S3d regiments. 
Transferred from Co. B Jan. 17, 1865; mus- 
tered out with company July 24, 1865. 
Appointed Aug. 26, 1862; transferred to Co. A 

Jan. 17. 1865. 
Appointed .\ug. 20, 1862; absent; no further 

record found. 
Appointed Aug. 26, 1862; promoted to Lieut. 

Colonel 27th Regiment U. S. Colored Troops 

Sept. 13, 1864, from which mustered out Sept. 

21, 1865. 
Appointed Corporal .Vug. 26, 1862; Sergeant 

; killed Aug. 24, 1863, at Seymour, Ind., 

by being run over by railroad cars. 
Transferred from Co. A Jan. 17, 1865; mustered 

out with company July 24. 1865. 
Transferred from Co. A Jan. 17, 1865; promoted 

to 1st Lieutenant Co. K Jan. 20. 1865. to 

date July 11, 1864. 
.Appointed Corporal Aug. 26, 1862. 
Appointed Corporal ; dicsharged March 

11. 1863, at Young's Point, La., on Surgeon's 

certificate of disability. 
Appointed Corporal .Aug. 26, 1862; discharged 

March 30. 1863. at Milliken's Bend, La., on 

Surgeon's certificate of disability. 
Appointed Corporal March 9, 1863; Sergeant 

; reduced to Corporal Oct. 30, 1804,tran«- 

fetred to Co. A Jan. 17, 1865. 
Appointed Corporal Feb. 11, 1863; transferred 

to Co. A Jan. 17, 1865. 
Appointed Corporal ; died Feb. 4, 1863, at 

Memphis. Tenn., of gunshot wound. 
.Appointed Corporal Sept. 1, 1863; transferred 

to Co. A, Jan. 17 1805. 
Appointed Corporal ; 

1803, at Carrollton, La. 

cate of disability. 
Captured Nov. 3, 1863, in battle of Grand 
I Coteau, La.; confined at .Alexandria. La.; 
I exchanged Dec. 25. 1863; appointed Corporal 

March 22, 1864; captured April 8, 1864,inbat- 
I tie of Sabine Cross Roads, La.; exchanged 
' Dec. 12, 1864; transferred to Co. A, Jan. 17 
I 1865. 

'Appointed Corporal ; discharged Nov. 28, 

] 1862, at Cincinnati, O., on Surgeon's certifi- 
I cate of disability. 

Transferred from Co. A Jan. 17, 1865; mus- 
I tered out with company July 24, 18,65. 
Transferred from Co. A Jan. 17, 1865; mustered 

out with company July 24, 1865. 
Transferred from Co. A Jan. 17, 1865; mus- 
tered out with company July 24, 1865. 
Transferred from Co. B Jan. 17, 1865; mus- 
tered out with company July 24, 1865. 
Transferred from Co. B Jan. 17, 1865; appointed 

corporal Feb. 28, 1S"65; mustered out with 

company July 24, 1865. 

Appointed Corporal ; discharged Jan. 30. 

1864, at New Orleans, La., on Surgeon's cer- 
tificate of disability. 
Transferred from Co. .A Jan. 17, 1865; dis- 
charged April 10, 1865, for wounds received 
in action. .,, , 

Transferred from Co. A Jan. 17, 1865; killed 
April 9, 1865, in battle of Fort Blakeley, Ala. 

Died July 2, 1863, at Vicksburg, Miss. 

Transferred from Co. D Jan. 17, 1865; mus- 
tered out with company July 24, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. A Jan. 17, 1805; mus- 
tered out with company July 24, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. D Jan. 17, 1865; killed 
April 9. 1865, in battle of Fort Blakeley, Ala. 

Transferred from Co. D Jan. 17. 1865; mustered 
out with company July 24, 1805. 



discharged Sept. 24, 
, on Surgeon's certifi- 



200 



Roster Eighty-Third Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 



Names . 




Remarks. 



Bainbridge, Jerome B 
BalUell, Nathan 



Baltzell, Samuel 

Beckman, Frank. . . 
Bell. WUliam 



Borger, Alexander M 
Bodine, Charles E. . . 



Bohlinger, Michael . . 
Booker, Noah 

Carey, George W. . . . 
Carroll, Albert B 

Carroll, William. 

Ceiphy, Raphael 

Close, James 

Conkling, Richard 
Connel, Michael 

Cook, Benjamin 

Cook, Jonah 

Cunningham, Phaley 

Daniel, John 



Daugherty, Thomas. 
Dederick, William R 
DeForest, James. . . 



Dodd, James 

Drumb, Thomas 
Dunworth, David 



Flowers, Daniel 
Fordyce, William F 



Frazee, Silas 
Gardner, Reuben. 
Gerdes, Henry. . . 



Guy, Douglas 
Hacker, Henry 



Hall, Carey 

Hanselman, Simon. 

Hardy, Benjamin. . 

Harvey, Charles W, 
Heff erman, James . 

Hensler, John S 



Herrier, Louis 
Hinkley, William 



Hofifman, Joseph . . 
Hoffman, John A. . 



Mustered out with company July 24, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. A Jan. 17, 1865; mustered 
out with company July 24, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. A Jan. 17, 1865; mustered 
out with company July 24, 1865. 

Transferred to Co. A Jan. 17, 1865. 

Detailed as Brigade Teamster May 25, 1864; 
mustered out with company July 24, 1865. 

Promoted to Hospital Steward . 

Transferred from Co. A Jan. 17, 1865; died 
June 29, 1865 in Regimental Hospital at Gal- 
veston, Tex. 

Transferred from Co. A Jan. 17, 1865; mustered 
out with company July 24, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. A Jan. 17, 1865; mustered 
out March 13, 1866, at Columbus, O., by order 
of War Department; see Co. A, 4Sth Bat- 
talion. 

Promoted to Com. Sergeant Sept. 12, 1862. 

Transferred from Co. B Jan. 17, 1865; mustered 
out with company July 24, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. A Jan. 17, 1865; mustered 
out with company July 24, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. A Jan. 17, 1865; mustered 
out with company July 24, 1865. 

Discharged Feb. 19, 1863, at Cairo, 111., on 
Surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Transferred to Co. A Jan. 17, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. D Jan. 17, 1865; mustered 
out with company July 24, 1865. 

Mustered as Corporal; reduced ; trans- 
ferred to Co. A Jan. 17, 1865. 

Mustered as Wagoner; transferred to Co. A 
Jan. 17, 1865. 

Discharged March 9, 1863, at Nashville, Tenn., 
on Surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Captured Nov. 3, 1863, at battle of Grand 
Coteau, La.; confined at Alexandria, La.; 
exchanged Dec. 25, 1863; transferred to Co. 
A Jan. 17, 1865. 



Transferred from Co. B Jan. 17, 1865; dis- 
charged June 25, 1865, on Surgeon's certifi- 
cate of disability. 

Transferred from Co. A Jan. 17, 1865; mustered 
out with company July 24, 1865. 

Died March 24, 1863, at St. Louis, Mo. 

Captured Nov. 3, 1863, at battle of Grand 
Coteau, La.; confined at Alexandria, La.; 
exchanged Dec. 25, 1865; transferred to Co. 
A Jan. 17, 1865. 

Died March 22, 1863, in hospital at St. Louis. 
Missouri. 

Transferred from Co. D Jan. 17, 1865; mus- 
tered out with company July 24, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. D Jan. 17, 1865; mus- 
tered out with company July 24, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. A Jan. 17, 1865; mus- 
tered out with company July 24, 1865. 

Died Feb. 11, 1862, at General Hospital, Mem- 
phis, Tenn., of wound received in action. 

Transferred from Co. A Jan. 17, 1865; mustered 
out with company July 24, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. A Jan. 17, 1865; mus- 
tered out with company Julv 24, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. B Jan. 17, 1865; to Co. A, 
48th Battalion, July 24, 1865. 

Transferred to Co. A Jan. 17, 1865. 

Discharged Jan. 23, 1863, at Cincinnati, O., on 
Surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Killed Jan. 11, 1803, in battle of Arkansas Post, 
Arkansas. 

Transferred to Co. A Jan. 17, 1865. 

Captured April 8, 1804, at battle of Sabine 
Cross Roads, La.; transferred to Co. A Jan. 
17, 1865. 

Transferred to Co. A Jan. 17, 1865. 

Detailed at Post Q. M. Department Jan. 1, 
1863; mustered out with company July 24, 
1865. 



Roster Eighty-Third Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 



201 



Names. 



Rank. 



Age. 



Date of 

Entering the 

Service. 



Per- 
iod of 
Ser- 



Remarks. 



Holter, Benjamin K. . 



Hooper, John . . . 
HoUey, John.. . . 
Jacobs, Bernard. 
James, Alfred P . 

Jones, William . . 
Jones, Jesse 



Private 



.do. 
.do. 
.do. 
.do. 



Jones, Henry 

Kinley, James 

Kite, Stephen D . . . 
Labarre, George M . 



Lavery, Patrick . . 
Lavon, Martin. . . 
Lehman, Nathan. 



LenhofF, John 

Lenhoff, Matthias. 



Levorton, William A. . 



McCabe, Patrick B.. . 
McCarren, William H. 



McGrew, Robert B . 
McKitrick, Russel. . 
McLaughlin, Henry. 



Mack, Thomas H. . . 

Martin, Frank 

Masters, Albinos J. . . 
Mathews, James . . . . 



Meeker. John 

Miller, Henry 

Moriarity, George W 

Moore, Andrew. 



Morris, Theodore W 
Mosier, Jacob. . . . 

Murphy, William. 



Murray, Patrick. . 
Myers, Frederick. 

Newcomb, John. . 



Nicmaii, Daniel . . . 
Ohlshlager, Henry. 
Owen, Thomas P. . 



Peabody, Martin I. 
Pharis, James 



Pheeney, John. . 
Pierson, David. . 



Quinn, James . . . 

Rea, Andrew B . . 

Rhover, John . . . 
Richey, Oscar P. 



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29 



Aug. 9, 1802 



Aug. 
\ug. 

Aug. 
Aug. 

.Vug. 

Jan. 

Aug. 

Aug. 
Aug. 
July 



Aug. 
Feb. 
Aug. 

Aug. 
Aug. 



,3 yrs. 

3 yrs 
3 yfs 
3 yrs. 
3 yrs. 

3 yrs. 

3 yrs, 

3 yrs. 

3 yrs. 
3 yrs. 
3 yrs. 

3 yrs, 

1864 3 yrs. 
1862 3 yrs, 

1862 3 yrs 
1862 3 yrs 



1862 
1862 
1862 
1862 

1862 

1864 

1862 

1862 
1862 
1862 

1862 



Aug. 12, 1862 3 yrs 



1862 3 yrs, 
1862 3 yrs. 



.A.ug. 
Aug. 



Dec. 

Aug. 

Aug. 

.A.ug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 
Jan. 



Oct. 
.\ug. 

Aug. 

Aug. 

Feb. 
Aug. 



1863 3 yrs, 

1862 3 yrs, 

1862 3 yrs, 

1862 3 yrs, 
1862 3 yrs. 
1862 3 yrs, 
1864! 3 yrs. 



1863'3 yrs. 
18621 3 yrs. 



1862 3 yrs, 
1862 3 yrs 



1864 3 yrs 
1862,3 yrs 



Aug. 9, 1862 3 yrs 



Aug. 
Aug. 



186213 yrs. 
186213 yrs. 



Aug. 13, 1862 3 yrs 



Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 

Aug. 
Aug. 

Aug. 
Aug. 

Aug. 

Aug. 

Aug. 
Aug. 



1862 3 yrs 
1862 3 yrs. 
1862 3 yrs. 

1862 3 yrs. 
1862 3 yrs. 

1862 3 yrs. 
1862 3 yrs. 

1862 3 yrs. 

1862 3 yrs. 

1862 3 yrs. 
1862,3 yrs. 



Transferred to 123d Co., 2d Battalion Veteran 

Reserve Corps, ; mustered out July 10, 

186.5, at New Orleans, La., by order of War 
Department. 

Transferred from Co. D Jan. 17, 1865; mustered 
out with company July 24, 1865. 

Died Feb. 9, 1863, in Lawson General Hospital, 
St. Louis, Mo., of gunshot wound. 

Transferred from Co. A Jan. 17, 1865; mustered 
out with company July 24, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. A Jan. 17, 1865; dis- 
charged May 25, 1865, on Surgeon's certificate 
of disability. 

Transferred from Co. A Jan. 17, 1865; mustered 
out with company July 24, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. D Jan. 17, 1865; to Co. A 
48th Battalion. July 24, 1865. 

Absent, sick in Cincinnati, O., May 10, 1863; 
no further record found. 

Transferred to Co. A Jan. 17, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. B Jan. 17, 1865; dis- 
charged May 13, 1865, on Surgeon's certi- 
ficate of disability. 

Transferred to Co. A Jan. 17, 1865. 
Transferred from Co. A Jan. 17, 1865; mustered 

out with company July 24, 1865. 
Transferred to Co. A Jan. 17, 1865. 
Discharged Feb. 18, 1863, at St. Louis, Mo., on 

Surgeon's certificate of disability. 
Transferred from Co. A Jan. 17, 1865; mustered 

out with comapny July 24, 1865. 

Appointed Corporal Aug. 26, 1862; reduced 
Aug. 1, 1864; died Oct. 3, 1864, in Regimental 
Hospital, of wounds received Oct. 2, 1864, in 
action at Morgan's Ferry, La. 

Transferred from Co. A Jan. 17, 1865; to Co. 
A, 48th Battalion, July 24, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. A Jan. 17, 1865; mustered 
out with company July 24, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. A Jan. 17, 1865; mustered 
out with company July 24, 1865. 

Transferred to Co. A Jan. 17, 1865. 
Transferred to Co. A Jan. 17. 1865. 
Transferred from Co. D Jan. 17, 1865; discharged 

May 10, 1865. on Surgeon's certificate of 

disability. 

Killed Jan. 11, 1863. in battle of Arkansas 
Post, Ark. 

Transferred from Co. D Jan. 17, I860; mus- 
tered out with company July 24, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. A Jan. 17, 1865; mus- 
tered out with company July 24, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. A Jan. 17, 1865; mus- 
tered out with company July 24, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. A Jan. 17, 1865; mus- 
tered out with company July 24, 1865. 

Transferred to Co. A Jan. 17, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. A Jan. 17, 1865; mus- 
tered out with company July 24, 1866. 

Transferred from Co. D Jan. 17, 1865. dis- 
charged June 8, 1865, on Surgeon's certificate 
of disability. 

Transferred to Co. A Jan. 17, 1865. 

Transferred to Co. A Jan. 17, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. A Jan. 17, 1865; mus- 
tered out with company July 24, 1865. 

Died May 22, 1863, at Young's Point, La. 

Discharged Sept. 6. 1863, at OarroUton, La., on 

. Surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Transferred from Co. A Jan. 17, 1865: mus- 
tered out with company July 24, 1SG5. 

Discharged Sept. 7, 1803. at St. Louis, Mo., on 
Surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Discharged to date June 11, 1800, by order of 
War Department. 

No further record found. 

Died March 8, 1803, on steamer D. A. January. 



202 



Roster Eighty-Third Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 



Names. 



Age. 



Date of 

Entering the 

Service. 



Per- 
iod of 
Ser- 
vice. 



Remarks. 



Riker, Ennis 

Riker, Daniel 

Riley, Michael 

Roll, Abijah 

Roseboom , Ananias . . 
Ross, Edwin R 



Seabold, John. 
Shaw, William. 



Shean, Thomas. 



Shields, Frank. . . . 
Shonberg, William. 



Smith, Michael V 



Smith, George B . . . . 
Smith, Stephen M. J 
Snyder, George 



Stapleton, James. . . 
Steward, George W. 



Struve, Henry H. 
Tearne, Samuel. . 



Telto, Joseph 

Terry, Jefferson 

Thomas, Robert R . . 

Thonges, Christian. . 

Twehus, Joseph 

Van Wise, Thomas . . 
Voegeli, Jacob 



Volkert, Adam . . . . 

Wetmore, John A. 
Williams, Josiah. . . 



Wilson, William. . . . 

Wilson, John J 

Wood, Henry 

Worstell, William... 



Wortheimer, Andrew 



Private 

...do 

...do 

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...do 

...do 



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.do. 



.do. 



...do. 
...do. 



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.do. 
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.do. 

.do. 

.do. 

.do. 

.do, 
.do. 

.do. 

.do. 
.do. 

.do. 
.do. 
.do. 
.do. 



Aug. 22 

Aug. 13 

Aug. 6 

Aug. 13 

Aug. 12 

Aug. 9 

Aug. 18 
Aug. 22 

Nov. 9 



Aug. 
Aug. 



Aug. 15 

Feb. 23 

Aug. 8 
Aug. 8 

Aug. 8 

Aug. 7 

Aug. 11 
Aug. 7 

Aug. 4 

Aug. 22 

Aug. 6 

Aug. 12 

Aug. 13 

Aug. 16 
Aug. 9 

Aug. 9 

July 28 
Aug. 6 

Nov. 10 
Nov. 5 
Aug. 6 
Aug. 12 



1862 
1862 



3 yrs. 
3 yrs. 



1862 3 yrs. 
1862 3 yrs. 
1862 3 yrs. 
1862 3 yrs 

1862 3 yrs. 
1862j3 yrs, 

1863 3 yrs. 

1862 3 yrs, 
1862 3 yrs, 



1862 3 yrs 



1864 3 yrs 
1862 3 yrs 
1862 3 yrs, 

1862 3 yrs 



3 yrs, 
3 yrs. 



1862 

1862 
1862 3 yrs 

1862 3 yrs. 

1862,3 yrs. 

1862'3 yrs. 

1862 3 yrs. 

1S62 3 yrs. 

18623 yrs. 
1862,3 yrs. 

1862 3 yrs. 

186213 yrs, 
1862|3 yrs. 

1863 3 yrs. 
1863 1 3 yrs. 
1862:3 yrs. 
1862:3 yrs, 



July 28, 1862,3 yrs. 



Transferred from Co. A Jan. 17, 1865; mus- 
tered out with company July 24, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. A Jan. 17, 1865; mus- 
tered out with company July 24, 1865. 

Discharged June 26, 1863, at St. Louis, Mo., on 
Surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Transferred from Co. A Jan. 17, 1865; mus- 
tered out with company July 24, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. A Jan. 17, 1865; mus- 
tered out with company July 24, 1865. 

Discharged July 1, 1863, at Camp Dennison, O., 
on Surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Transferred to Co. A Jan. 17, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. A Jan. 17, 1865; mus- 
tered out with company July 24, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. B Jan. 17, 1865; to Co. A, 
48th Battalion, July 24, 1865. 

Captured Nov. 3, 1863, at battle of Grand Co- 
teau. La.; confined at Alexandria, La.; ex- 
changed Dec. 25, 1863; transferred to Co. A 
Jan. 17, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. A Jan. 17, 1805; dis- 
charged July 28, 1865, at New Orleans, La., 
by order of War Department. 

Transferred to Co. A Jan. 17, 1865. 

Died Feb. 18, 1863, at Keokuk, la. 

Reduced from Corporal ; transferred to Co. 

A Jan. 17, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. A Jan. 17, 1865; mus- 
tered out with company July 24, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. D Jan. 17, 1865; mus- 
tered out with company July 24, 1865. 

Transferred to Co. A Jan. 17, 1865. 

Captured April 8, 1864, at battle of Sabine 
Cross Roads, La., exchanged Dec. 25, 1863; 
transferred to Co. A Jan. 17, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. D Jan. 17, 1865; mus- 
tered out with company July 24, 1865. 

Discharged Feb. 28, 1863, at Young's Point, La., 
on Surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Transferred from Co. D Jan. 17, 1865; mus- 
tered out with company July 24, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. A Jan. 17, 1S65; mus- 
tered out with company July 24, 18G5. 

Transferred from Co. A Jan. 17, 1865; mus- 
tered out with company July 24. 1865. 

Transferred from Co. A Jan. 17, 1865; mus- 
tered out with company July 24, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. A Jan. 17, 1865; mus- 
tered out with company July 24, 1865. 

Transferred to Co. H Sept. 12, 1862. 

Discharged March 21, 1863, at St. Louis, Mo., 
on Surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Transferred to Co. A Jan. 17, 1865. 

Transferred to Co. A Jan. 17, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. A Jan. 17, 1865; died 
June 21, 1865, at his home at Olive Branch, 
Ohio. 

Transferred from Co. B Jan. 17, 1862; mus- 
tered out with company July 24, 1865. 



COMPANY D 

Mustered in Aug. 25, 1862, at Camp Dennison, O., by A. F. Bond, Captain 2d Infantry, U. S. A. Mustered 
out July 24, 1865, at Galveston, Tex. 



Names. 


Rank. 


Age. 


Date of 

Entering the 

Service. 


Per- 
iod of 

Ser- 
vice. 


Remarks. 


Gilbert W. Boyor 


Captain 
....do. . . 


39 
33 

21 


July 25, 1862 
July 14, 1862 

Aug. 19, 1862 


3 yrs. 
3 yrs. 

3 yrs. 


Resigned Dec. 15, 1862. 

Promoted to Captain Co. C from 1st Lieuten- 


Joseph B. Gorsuch 


....do. . . 


ant Nov. 7, 1862; transferred from Co. C Dec. 
15, 1862; resigned July 28, 1863. 
Transferred from Co. I March 26, 1864; died 
Aug. 6, 1864, at his home in Ohio. 



Roster Eighty-Third Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 



203 



Names. 



Gershom L. Toinlinson 
John Curtis 



Lawrence Waldo . . 

James J . Sherman . 

Samuel A. Keen. . . 
William C. Carter. 



Archie Young 

Martin L. Best 

William Yeager. . . . 
Henry Weston 

Datus E. Meyers. . . 
Lewis A. Davison. . . 
William A. Cornick. 
William H. Hedges. 

Richard B. Hall 

John Campbell 

Potter J. White. . . . 



Washington A. Boyer 
William Palmer 



Ashley, Joshua. . . . 

Atkins, Ira 

Bain, Francis P. . . 
Bannister, Nimrod. 



Barnes, David 

Bates, John N 

Benson, William A.. , 
Brennan, Wesley. . . , 
Burk, John 



Burk, William H. 



Clark, James G. . . 
Connel, Michael.. 
Conger, Jeremiah. 

Conway, Eli H.. . 

Creighton, James. 
Crete, Francis. . . . 



CuUum, George. 



Rank. 



1st Lieut, 
. ...do.. . 



...do. 
...do. 



. ...do. . . 
1st Sergt. 

Sergeant 
....do. . . 

...do. . . 
. ...do.. . 

...do. . . 
...do. . . 
Corporal 
. ..do. . . 
...do. . . 
...do. . . 
...do. . . 



Musician 
....do. . . 

Private 
. ...do. . . 
....do. . . 
....do. . . 

....do. .. 

....do. . . 

....do. . . 

....do. . . 

....do. . . 



.do. 



....do. 
....do. 
....do. 

....do. 

....do. 
....do. 



...do. 



Age. 



19 



Date of 

Entering the 

Service. 



July 
Aug. 



1862 
1862 



July 21, 1862 



Aug. 
Aug. 

Aug. 
Aug. 

Aug. 
Aug. 

.\ug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 

Aug. 
Aug. 

Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 

Aug. 

Aug. 

Aug. 

Aug. 

Aug. 



1862 
1862 

1862 
1862 

1862 
1862 

1862 
1862 
1862 

1862 
1862 
1862 
1862 

1862 
1862 



1862 
1862 



6, 1862 
6, 1862 
6, 
16, 



Aug. 10, 1862 3 yrs 



July 
Aug. 
Aug. 



Per- 
iod of 

Ser- 
vice. 



3 yrs 
3 yrs, 

3 yrs 

3 yrs 

3 yrs, 
3 yrs. 



3 yrs. 
3 yrs. 

3 yrs. 
3 yrs. 

3 yrs. 
3 yrs. 
3 yrs. 
3 yrs. 
3 yrs. 
3 yrs. 
3 yrs. 

3 yrs. 
3 yrs. 

3 yrs. 
3 yrs. 
3 yrs. 
3 yrs. 

1862 3 yrs. 

1862 3 yrs. 

1862 3 yrs. 

1862 3 yrs. 

1862 3 yrs. 



1S62 3 yrs. 
186213 yrs 
1862 3 yrs 



Aug. 21, 1862 



1862 
1862 



-A^ug. 
Aug. 



3 yrs 

3 yrs 
3 yrs 



.A.ug. 12, 1862 3 yrs 



Remarks. 



Promoted from 2d Lieutenant Nov. 7, 1862; re- 
signed March 6. 1863. 

Promoted to 2d Lieutenant from private Co. 
F Nov. 7, 1862; 1st Lieutenant March 3, 1863; 
appointed Adjutant July 1. 1863. 

Transferred from 1st Lieutenant and Adjutant 
July 1. 1803; promoted to Captain Co. B Aug. 
12, 1863, to date April 13, 1863. 

Commissioned 2d Lieutenant June 15, 1863; to 
rank March 13. 1863; 1st Lieutenant July 11, 
1864; no further record found. 

Promoted from 1st Sergeant Feb. 18, 1864; 
transferred to Co. G Jan. 17, 1865. 

Captured Nov. 3, 1863, at battle of Grand Co- 
teau. La.; confined at Alexandria, La.; ex- 
changed Dec. 25. 1863; appointed Sergeant 
from Corpwral July 1, 1864; 1st Sergeant Nov. 
27, 1864; transferred to Co. G Jan. 17, 1865. 

Promoted to Sergt. Major July 27, 1863. 

Discharged Aug. 11, 1863, at Vicksburg, Miss., 
on Surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Appointed from Corporal Sept. 23, 1862; dis- 
charged Nov. 11, 1.S63, at Young's Point, La., 
on Surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Captured Nov. 3, 1863, at battle of Grand Co- 
teau, La., confined at Alexandria, La.; ex- 
changed Dec. 25, 1863; appointed from Cor- 
poral ; transferred to Co. G Jan. 17, 1865. 

Mustered as private; appointed Sergeant ; 

1st Sergeant. ; reduced to Sergeant Nov. 

27, 1864; transferred to Co. G Jan. 17, 1865. 

Appointed Corporal Oct. 20, 1862; Sergeant 
Aug. 11, 1863; promoted to Sergt. Major July 
1, 1864. 

.Appointed Corporal Jan. 10, 1863; died March 
15, 1863, at Van Buren Hospital, Milliken's 
Bend, La. 

Appointed Corporal — — ; discharged Nov. 29, 
1864, at mouth of White river. Ark., on 
Surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Mustered as private; appointed Sergeant 
March 30. 1864; reduced to Corporal Oct. 30, 
1864; transferred to Co. G Jan. 17, 1865. 

Appointed Corporal ; Sergeant Sept. 1, 

1864; reduced to Corporal Oct. 30. 1864; 
transferred to Co. G Jan. 17, 1865. 

.Appointed Corporal — — ; captured Nov. 3, 
1863, at battle of Grand Coteau, La., con- 
fined at .Alexandria, La.; exchanged Dec. 25, 
1863; transferred to Co. G Jan. 17, 1865. 

Transferred to Co. C Jan. 17, 1865. 

Discharged Aug. 16, 1863. at Vicksburg, Miss., 
on Surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Transferred to Co. C Jan. 17, 1865. 

Transferred to Co. C Jan. 17, 1865. 

Died July 2, 1863, at Jefferson Barracks, St. 
Louis, Mo. 

Discharged Sept. 14. 1863, at CarroUton, La., on 
Surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Discharged April 23, 1863, at Milliken's Bend, 
La., on Surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Discharged Aug. 16, 1863, at Vicksburg, Miss.. 
on Surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Discharged March 4. 1863. at Lexington, Ky.,on 
Surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Captured Nov. 3, 1863, at battle of Grand Co- 
teau, La.; died Dec. 13, 1863, in Rebel Prison 
at Alexandria, La. 

Reduced from Corporal ; discharged Sept. 

1. 1863, at Indianapolii, Ind., on Surgeon's 
certificate of disability. 

Died Sept. 8, 1863, at Memphis. Tenn. 

Transferred to Co. C Jan. 17, 1865. 

Discharged Feb. 11, 1863, on Surgeon's certifi- 
cate of disability. 

Reduced from Corporal Sept. 1, 1864, trans- 
ferred to Co. G Jan. 17. 1865. 

Transferred to Co. G Jan. 17. 1865. 

Reduced from Sergeant ; captured Nov. 3, 

1863. at battle of Grand Coteau. La.; confined 
at Alexandria, La.; e.xchanged Dec. 25, 1863; 
transferred to Co. G Jan. 17, 1865. 

Discharged Oct. 19, 1863, at St. Louis, Mo., for 
wounds received May 16, 1863, in battle of 
Champion Hills. Miss. 



204 



Roster Eighty-Third Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 



Names. 



Daniels, Elam. 

Darrah, John. 
Day, David L. 



Dearmond, King. 
Doran, James. . . . 



Drake, William 

Fellenens, Lawrence. 



Flannagan, Jacob R. 
Frazee, Silas 



Gardner, Reuben. 



Gibbs, John M.. . 
Glancey, Oliver P . 
Grisham, Robert. , 
Gunning, John ... 



Hamilton, Samuel. 
Hartpence, George C 



Helmick, Milton. 



Heney, John 

Hinkleman, Jacob. 



Homer, Turner. 



Hoope;r, John .... 
Hopping, Joseph . 
Hopping. Luther. 
Jackson, Isaac . . . 
James, William M 



John, Henry B.. 



John, William P. 

Jones, Jesse. . . . 
Kelso, James T . 

Kilgour, Henry. . 

Kind, John 



Lacey, James R. 
Love, Joseph 



Luster, Henry, 
McGee, John. 



McGee, William F. 



Rank. 



Private 



..do. . 
. .do. . 



.do., 
.do. . 



.do. 
.do. 



.do. 
.do. 



.do. 

-do. 

.do. 

.do. 

.do. 

.do. 
.do. 



.do. 



.do. 
.do. 



.do. 



.do. 
.do. 
.do. 
.do. 
.do. 



.do. 



..do. .. 



.do... 
.do. . . 



.do. . 
.do.. 



.do.. . 
.do... 



.do. 
.do. 



Age. 



18 



21 



23 



16 



.do. . . 22 



Date of 

Entering the 

Service. 



Feb. 3.1805 lyr 



Aug. 
Feb. 



Aug. 
Aug. 



Aug. 
Aug. 



Aug. 
Aug. 



Per- 
iod of 
Ser- 



6, 1862 3 yrs. 
20, 186.5 1 yr. 



10, 1862 3 yrs. 
10, 1S62 3 yrs. 



6, 1862 3 yrs 
6, 1862,3 yrs 



19. 1S62!3 yrs, 
1, 1862 3 yrs. 



Remarks. 



Aug. 12, 1862J3 yrs. 



Aug. 3. 1862J3 yrs. 

Aug 

Feb. 

Aug. 21.1862 3 yrs 



20. 1862 
22. 1865 



3 yrs, 

lyr. 



Aug. 
Aug. 



6. 1862 3 yrs, 
2. 1862 3 yrs. 



Aug. 19, 1862 3 yrs 



Aug. 
July 



10, 1862 
31. 1862 



Aug. 11, 1862 



Aug. 
Aug. 
Oct. 
Aug. 
(\ug. 



6, 1862 
4, 1862 
1, 1863 
6, 1862 
12, 1862 



Aug. 10, 1862 



3 yrs. 

3 yrs. 

2 yrs. 
6, 1862.3 yrs. 

8. 1862j3 yrs. 

12, 1862 3 yrs. 



Aug. 10, 1862 

Jan. 15, 1864 
Aug 



Aug. 
Aug. 

Aug. 
Aug. 



3 yrs. 
3 yrs. 



3 yrs. 



3 yrs. 
3 yrs. 
3 yrs. 
3 yrs. 
3 yrs. 



6, 1862 
11. 1862 



Aug. 
Aug. 



3 yrs. 
3 yrs. 



14. 1862 3 yrs, 
4. 1862:3 yrs. 



Aug. 4, 1862 3 yrs. 



Transferred to Co. C, 48th Battalion, July 24, 

1865. 
Transferred to Co. G Jan. 17. 1865. 
Transferred to Co. C. 48th Battalion, July 24, 

1865. 
Discharged Oct. 8, 1862, at Camp Shaler, Ky., 

by civil authority. 
Captured April 8, 1864, at battle of Sabine Cross 

Roads, La.; confined at Camp Gross, Tex.; 

returned to company ; transferred to Co. 

G Jan. 17, 1S65. 
Died Sept. 1. 1863. 

Also borne on rolls as Lawrence Felenas; cap- 
tured Nov. 3. 1863, at battle of Grand Coteau. 

La.; confined at Alexandria. La.; transferred 

to Co. G Jan. 17. 1865. 

Captured Nov. 3, 1863. at battle of Grand Co- 
teau, La.; confined at Alexandria, La.; ex- 
changed Dec. 25, 1863; transferred to Co. G 
Jan. 17, 1865. 

Captured Nov. 3; 1863, at battle of Grand Co- 
teau, La.; confined at Alexandria, La.; ex- 
changed Dec. 25, 1863; transferred to Co. C 
Jan. 17, 1865. 

Died Feb. 11, 1863, in U. S. General Hospital, 
Keokuk, la. 

Died Feb. 23, 1863, at Jefferson Barracks. St. 
Louis, Mo. 

Transferred to Co. C, 48th Battalion, July 24. 
1865. 

Died Jan. 8, 1863. in General Hospital. Mem- 
phis. Tenn. 

Captured Nov. 3. 1863. at battle of Grand Co- 
teau, La.; confined at Alexandria, La.; ex- 
changed Dec. 26, 1863; transferred to 43d Co., 

2d Battalion Veteran Reserve Corps, ; 

mustered out June 28, 1865, at Camp Denni- 
son, O., by order of War Department. 

Died Dec. 19, 1863, in hospital at Louisville, 
Kentucky. 

Discharged April 29, 1864, at Keokuk, la., on 
Surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Captured Nov. 3, 1863, at battle of Grand Co- 
teau, La.; confined at Alexandria, La.; ex- 
changed Dec. 25, 1863, transferred to Co. G 
Jan. 17. 1865. 

Transferred to Co. C Jan. 17. 1865. 

Transferred to Co. G Jan. 17. 1865. 

Transferred to Co. G Jan. 17, 1865. 

Transferred to Co. G Jan. 17, 1865. 

Appointed Sergeant from Corporal ; re- 
duced Sept. 1, 1864; discharged Oct. 8, 1864. 
at New Orleans. La.; on Surgeon's certificate 
of disability. 

Captured Nov. 3. 1863, at battle of Grand 
Coteau, La.; confined at Alexandria, La.; ex- 
changed Dec. 26, 1863, transferred to Co. G 
Jan. 17, 1865. 

Discharged Aug. 15, 1863. at Vicksburg. Miss., 
on Surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Transferred to Co. C Jan. 17, 1865. 

Died Feb. 15, 1863, at Jefferson Barracks, 
St. Louis, Mo. 

Died Dec. 8, 1862, in hospital at Memphis. 
Tennessee. 

Captured Nov. 3, 1863, at battle of Grand 
Coteau, La.; confined at Alexandria, La.; 
exchanged Dec. 26, 1863; transferred to Co. 
G Jan. 17, 1865. 

Killed May 20, 1863, in assault at Vicksburg, 
Mississippi. 

Reduced from Corporal — •; captured Nov. 3, 
1863, at battle of Grand Coteau, La.; confined 
at .Mexandria, La.; exchanged Dec. 26, 1S63, 
transferred to Co. G Jan. 17. 1865. 

Also borne on rolls as John Magee; transferred 
to Co. G Jan. 17, 1865. 

Mao borne on rolls as William F. Magee; mus- 
tered as Wagoner; appointed Corporal ; 

reduced Oct. 30, 1864; transferred to Co. G 
Jan. 17. 1865. 



Roster Eighty-Third Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 



205 



Names. 



Rank. 



Date of 
Age. Entering the 
Service. 



Per- 
iod of 
Ser- 
vice. 



Remarks. 



McMurry, James K. P. 

McMurry, Hiram P . . . 

McMurry, William J . . 

Maher, Edward 

Maleon, Frank 

Malson, Abraham .... 

Martin, Michael 

Matthews, James 

Miller, Alexander H . . 
Morgan, William H . . . 

Moriarity, George W . 



Neese, Allen W 

Newcomb, John. . . . 
Nugent, Michael C . 

Oaborn, David L. . . . 



Peterson, John. . 

Reed, Samuel F. 
Reeder, Joseph.. 



Richards, James . . . 
Roney, John 



Ross, James C . . . . 
Rudicil, Anderson. 



Rudicil, George. . . 
Rudicil, David .... 
Sacket, DeLacey . . 
Sapp, John 



Saxton, Charles P. . 
Sears, William E. . . 
Skidmore, Alfred . . . 
Smith, Anthony. . . . 



Smith. Seright E 

Stewart, George W. . . 
Talkington, Edmond., 

Teller, John. . .'. 

Telto, Joseph 



Thomas, Robert R. 
Trever, Matthew. . 



Vanansdall, John N. . 
Walker, HilleryW..., 



Private 

...do. .. 

...do. . . 

...do.. . 
...do. . . 

...do. . 

...do. . 

...do.. 
...do.. 
...do.. 

...do. . 



.do. 
.do. 
.do. 



White. John T. 



Williamson, Ephraim 



.do. 



.do. 



.do. 
.do. 



.do. 
.do. 



.do. 
.do. 

.do. 

.do. 

.do. 

.do. 



.do. 
.do. 
.do. 
.do. 



.do. 

.do. 
.do. 
.do. 
.do. 



.do. 
.do. 



.do. 
.do. 



.do. 



..do. 



28 



Aug. 

Aug. 

t\ug. 

Aug. 
Aug. 

.■Vug. 

Aug. 

Jan. 
Aug. 
Aug. 



1862 3 yrs. 

1862 3 yrs. 

1862 3 yr*. 

1862 3 yrs. 
1862 3 yrs. 



11, 1S62 3 yrs 
10, 1862 3 yrs. 



1864 3 
1862 3 
1862 3 



Aug. 20. 1862 3 yrs 



Aug. 
Aug. 
July 



1862 
1862 
1862 



Aug. 2, 1862 



Aug. 5, 1862 



Aug. 
Aug. 



Feb. 

Aug. 

Aug. 
Aug. 

Aug. 

Aug. 

Aug. 

Aug. 

July 
Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 



1862 
1862 



1865 

1862 

1862 
1862 

1862 



6, 1862 
8, 1862 



Feb. 11. 1865 1 yr 



Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 



Aug. 
Aug. 



Aug. 
Feb. 



3 yrs. 
3 yrs. 
3 yrs 

3 yrs. 



3 yrs 



3 yrs 
3 yrs 



lyr. 

3 yrs, 

3 yrs 
3 yrs 



3 yrs. 

3 yrs. 

3 yrs. 

1862 3 yrs, 

1862 3 yrs, 
1862 3 yrs, 
1862 3 yrs, 
1862 3 yrs. 



1862 3 yrs 
1862 3 yrs 
1862 3 yrs 
1862 3 yrs 



1S62 3 yrs, 
1862 3 yrs 



1865 
Aug. 12. 1862 

Aug. 10, 1862 



1862 3 yrs 



1 yr. 
3 yrs. 

3 yrs 



Discharged Feb. 15, 1864. at Cami. Dennison. 

O., on Surgeon's certificate of disability. 
Appointed Corporal ; reduced Oct. 30, 

1804; transferred to Co. G Jan 17, 1865. 
Died July 19, 1863, at Benton Barracks. St. 

Lx)uis, Mo. 
Transferred to Co. G Jan. 17, 1865. 
Discharged Nov. 29, 1864, at mouth of White 

river. Ark., on Surgeon's certificate of disa- 
bility. 
Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps Sept. 

26, 1863. 
Died June 20, 1863, at Jefferson Barracks, St. 

Louis, Mo. 
Transferred to Co. C Jan. 17, 1865. 
Promoted to Hospital Steward Nov. 7, 1862. 
Died Feb. 7, 1863, in hospital at Memphis, 

Tennessee. 
Captured Nov. 3. 1863. at battle of Grand 

Coteau, La.; confined at Alexandria. La.; 

exchanged Dec. 26, 1863; transferred to Co. C 

Jan. 17, 1865. 
Transferred to Co. G Jan. 17, 1865. 
Transferred to Co. C Jan. 17, 1865. 
Died Jan. 9, 1863, in General Hospital No. 2, 

Lexington, Ky. 
Captured Nov. 3, 1S63. at battle of Grand 

Coteau, La., confined at Alexandria, La.; 

exchanged Dec. 26, 1863; transferred to Co. G 

Jan. 17. 1865. 
Appointed Corporal ; reduced Oct. 30, 1864; 

transferred to Co. G Jan. 17. 1865. 

Captured Nov. 3, 1863. at battle of Grand Co- 
teau, La.; confined at Alexandria. La^ 
exchanged Dec. 26, 1863; transferred to Co. G 
Jan. 17, 1865. 

Transferred to Co. C, 48th Battalion, July 24, 
1865. 

Discharged March 11, 1863, at Young's Point, 
La., on Surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Died May 8. 1864, at New Orleans, La. 

Died June 3, 1803, in Van Buren Hospital, 
Milliken's Bend, La. 

Discharged May 21, 1864, at New Orleans, La., 
on Surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps June 
15, 1865. 

Died March 11. 1863. in Van Buren Hospital. 
Milliken's Bend, La. 

Discharged .\ug. 13, 1863. at Vicksburg. Miss., 
on Surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Reduced from Sergeant to date Aug. 25. 1862. 

Died May or June. 1863. 

Captured Nov. 3. 1863, at battle of Grand 

Coteau, La.; confined at Alexandria, La.; 

e.xchanged Dec. 26. 1863; transferred to Co. G 

Jan. 17. 1865. 
Transferred to Co. C. 48th Battalion. July 

24, 1865. 
Transferred to Co. C Jan. 17. 1865. 

Died April 28. 1864, at Louisville, Ky. 
Captured Nov. 3, 1863. at battle of Grand 

Coteau, La.; confined at Alexandria, La.; 

exchanged Dec. 26, 1863; transferred to Co. 

C Jan. 17. 1805. 
Transferred to Co. C Jan. 17. 1865. 
Mustered out May 24, 1865, at Lexington, Ky., 

by order of War Department. 
Transferred to Co. G Jan. 17, 1865. 
Transferred to Co. C, 48th Battalion, July 24. 

1865. 
Discharged Feb. 20, 1864, to accept appoint- 
ment as 2d Lieutenant 76th Regiment U. S. 

Colored Infantry, from which mustered out 

Dec. 31, 1865. 
Discharged March 17. 1863, at Milliken's Bend, 

La., on Surgeon's certificate of disability. 



206 



Roster Eighty- Third Regiment Ohio Voi<unteer Infantry. 



COMPANY E 

Mustered in Aug. 25, 1862, at Camp Dennison, O.. by A. F. Bond, Captain 2d Infantry, U. S. A. Mustered 

out July 24, 1865, at Galveston, Tex. 



Names. 



Rank. 



Date of 

Entering the 

Service. 



Per- 
iod of 
Ser- 
vice. 



Remarks. 



Pardon D. Cornell 
John R. Phillips... 



Captain 
...do. . . 



Adam E. Billingsly . 
Archie Young 



1st Lieut. 
....do. 



Samuel G. Kile. 



.do. 



John B. Mitchel. 
Lutellus Hussey. 



Charles B. Palmer. . . 

George McCormick. . 

John M. Dunn 

Clinton W. Gerrard . . 
John Bell 



Stephen M. Price. . . 
Eli Earhart 



Robert G. Rusk. . . 
Francis McGregor. 



Furman S. Mosteller. 
Albert C. Clark 

Oliver H. Gerrard. . . 

Pingree Riker 

Joseph Burgoyne .... 
Charles W. Kratzer. . 
William H. Harrison . 

Garrett Coonse 

Argadine, James 



Atter, Thomas 



Bailey, George O. . 
Baughman, Jonas. . 
Heeler, Peter 



Heeler, John 

Heeler, Samuel F. 
Bernhart, Peter \' 
Bowen, Joseph . 



2d Lieut. 
1st Sergt 

....do. . 

Sergeant 
....do.. . 
....do. .. 
....do.. . 



.do. 
.do. 



Corporal 
....do. . . 



. ...do. . . 
. ...do. . . 

....do. . . 
. ...do. . . 
....do. . . 
....do. .. 
Musician 
. ...do. . . 
Private 

....do. . . 



.do. 
.do. 
.do. 




July 
July 



Aug. 
Aug. 



2 
Aug. 8, 1862 



29 



1862 
1862 



,1862 
, 1862 



Aug. 
Aug. 

.'Vug. 

Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 

Aug. 

Aug. 
.A.ug. 



1862 
1862 



1862 



3 yrs. 
3 yrs. 



3 yrs, 
3 yrs, 

3 yrs. 



3 yrs. 
3 yrs. 

3 yrs. 
3 yrs. 



1862 3 yrs. 
1862 3 yrs. 
1862 3 yrs. 



."Vug. 
.^ug. 



Aug. 
Aug. 

Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 



1862 
1862 



1862 
1862 



1862 
1862 



1862 

1862 

1862 

1862 

186 

1862 

1862 



3 yrs 
3 yrs. 



3 yrs 
3 yrs 



3 yrs 
3 yrs 



3 yrs. 
3 yrs. 
3 yrs. 
3 yrs. 
i2 3 yrs, 
3 yrs, 
3 yrs. 



Aug. 12, 1862 3 yrs. 



Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 



Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 



15, 



1862 3 yrs 
1862]3 yrs 
1862 3 yrs 



1862 
1862 
1862 
1862 



3 yrs 
3 yrs 
3 yrs 
3 yrs 



Transferred as 1st Lieutenant from Co. A June 
12, 1863; promoted to Captain Feb. 18, 1864; 
transferred to Co. H Jan. 17, 1865. 

Resigned June 12, 1863. 

Promoted from Sergt. Major Feb. 18, 1864; 
appointed Adjutant July 13, 1864. 

Transferred from Co. F Nov. 17, 1864; dis- 
charged Jan. 17, 1865, by reason of consolida- 
tion of 48th and 83d regiments. 

Promoted from Sergt. Major April 13, 1863; 
appointed Act. Adjutant Sept. 1, 1863. 

Discharged Dec. 28, 1863, to accept commission 
as 1st Lieutenant in 65th Regiment U. S. 
Colored Infantry; promoted to Captain 119th 
Regiment U. S. Colored Troops April 10, 
1865, from which mustered out April 27. 1866. 

Appointed Sergeant .'Vug. 22, 1862; 1st Sergeant 
Oct. 1, 1863; transferred to Co. II Jan. 17, 
1865. 

Appointed Aug. 22, 1862; killed Jan. 11, 1863. 
in battle of Arkansas Post, Ark. 

Appointed Aug. 22, 1862; died May 1, 1863, at 
Milliken's Bend, La. 

Appointed .-Vug. 22, 1862; transferred to Co. II 
Jan. 17, 1865. 

Appointed Corporal Aug. 22, 1862; Sergeant 

; discharged May 2, 1863, at Milliken'a 

Bend, La., on Surgeon's certificate of disa- 
bility. 

Appointed Corporal Jan. 12, 1863; Sergeant 
June 15, 1863; transferred to Co. H Jan. 17, 
1865. 

Appointed Corporal Aug. 22, 1862; Sergeant 
June 15, 1863; transferred to Co. H Jan, 17, 
1865. 

Appointed Corporal Aug. 22, 1862. 

Appointed Corporal Aug. 22, 1862; Sergeant 
Jan. 21, 1864; reduced to Corporal Oct. 30. 
1864; transferred to Co. H Jan. 17, 1865. 

Appointed Corporal Aug. 22, 1862; transferred 
to Co. H Jan. 17, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. F Dec. 1, 1862; appointed 

Corporal ; discharged March 4, 1863, at 

Milliken's Bend, La., on Surgeon's certifi- 
cate of disability. 

Appointed Corporal March 14, 1863; transferred 
to Co. H Jan. 17, 1865. 

Appointed Corporal June 15, 1863; transferred 
to Co. H Jan. 17, 1865. 

Appointed Corporal June 15, 1863; transferred 
to Co. H Jan. 17, 1865. 

Appointed Corporal June 15, 1865; transferred 
to Co. H Jan. 17, 1865. 

Appointed Musician ; died Feb. 3, 1863, at 

Jefferson Barracks, Mo. 

Transferred from Co. F ; appointed Musi- 
cian ; transferred to Co. H Jan. 17, 1865. 

Also borne on rolls as James .-Vrgading; dis- 
charged June 6, 1863, at Camp Dennison, O., 
on Surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Captured Nov. 3, 1863, at battle of Grand Co- 
teau. La.; exchanged Dec. 25, 1863; trans- 
ferred to Co. H Jan. 17, 1865. 

Transferred to Co. H Jan. 17, 1865. 

Transferred to Co. H Jan. 17, 1865. 

Discharged Aug. 7, 1863, at General Hospital, 
St. Louis, Mo., on Surgeon's certificate of 
disability. 

Discharged Nov. 24, 1864, at Memphis, Tenn., 
on Surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Discharged May 5, 1863, at Cairo, 111., for 
wounds received in action. 

Transferred to 93d Co., 2d Battalion Veteran 
Reserve Corps, Oct. 31, 1863. 

Transferred to Co. H Jan. 17, 1865. 



Roster Eighty-Third Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 



207 



Names. 



Rank. 



Age. 



Date of 

Entering the 

Service. 



Per- 
iod of 
Ser- 
vice. 



Remarks. 



Buchanan, Jonah 

Burns, Robert 

Campbell, Samuel .... 

Carter, John H 

Cobb, Pollock W 

Cornelius. Parshall VV. 

Cox, John Shotwell . . . 



Curtis, Noah. . . 
Daniels, Amos. 
Doty, Daniel. . 



Douglass. Isaac . 
Drushel, Henrj' . 
Faust, James. . . 



Fortney, Peter R. 
Gipford, Casper. . 



Gorman, Thomas J . 



Goshorn, Zachary T. 
Gray, James H 



Green, William A. 



Grooms, Alexander. 
Hageman, -Adrian.. . 



Harper, Jeremiah. 



Harper, Jacob 

Hart, Albert 

Hegrick, John 

Helmkamp, Joseph . 
Huff, James 



Keeler, John M . 

Kerns, Lewis 

Kilgour, Charles. 
Klick. Jacob .... 
Kochel, James. . 



Krauss, Edward M . . 
Krauss, Gustav A. . . 
Krass, William C. G. 



Landenburgh, Joseph . , 

Love, Thomas 

McGill, Gideon 

McGinnis, Martin. . . . 
McKinney, Charles W. 

Martin, William 

Martin, Edward 



Private 
. ...do. . 
. ...do. . 

....do. . 
....do. . 

. ...do. . 

. ...do. . 

....do. . 
....do. . 



Metz, Charles 

Miller, James S 

Monihan, Humphrey.. 

Myers, Stephen 

Newell, William C 

Patmor, Francis R . . . . 

Pegg, David 

Pitcher, William 

Pryor, William 

Rieck, William 



.do. 



.do. 
.do. 
.do. 



...do. 
...do. 



.do. 



...do. 
...do. 



.do. 



...do. 
...do. 



.do. 



.do. 
.do. 



.do. 
.do. 
.do. 



.do. 
.do. 
.do. 
.do. 
.do. 

.do. 
.do. 
.do. 



.do. 
.do. 
.do. 
.do. 
.do. 

.do. 
.do. 

.do. 
.do. 
•do. 
.do. 
.do. 
.do. 
.do. 
.do. 
.do. 
.do. 



Aug. 
Aug. 
Feb. 

Aug. 
Aug. 

Aug. 

Aug. 

Feb. 
Feb. 
Aug. 



-■^ug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 

Aug. 
Aug. 



1862 3 yrs, 
1862 3 yrs 
1865 1 



yr. 



1862 3 
1862 3 

1862 3 

1862 3 



yrs. 
yrs. 



yrs. 
yrs. 



1865 
1865 
1862 



1862 
1862 
1862 

1862 
1862 



Aug. 11, 1862 



Feb. 
Aug. 



1864 
1862 



Feb. 16, 1865 



Aug. 
Aug. 



1862 
1862 



Aug. 13. 1862 



Aug. 
Feb. 
Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 



Aug. 
July 
July 
.^ug. 
Feb. 

Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 



Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 
Jan. 

Aug. 
Aug. 

Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 
•A^ug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 
Feb. 
Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 



1862 
1865 
1863 
1862 
1862 



lyr. 
lyr. 

3 yrs 



3 yrs 
3 yrs 

3 yrs, 

3 yrs 
3 yrs 

3 yrs 



3 yrs 
3 yrs 



1 yr. 

3 yrs 
3 yrs 

3 yrs. 

3 yrs. 
1 yr. 
3 yrs. 
3 yrs. 
3 yrs. 



1862 3 
1862 3 
1862 3 
1862 3 



1865 1 yr 



1862 
1862 
1862 

18G2 
1862 
1862 



1862 
1862 



1862 3 yrs, 
1862 3 yrs, 
3, 1862 3 yrs, 
9. 1862 3 yrs 
8, 1862 3 yrs 
8, 1862 3 yrs 
6, 1864 3 yrs 
3, 1862 3 yrs 
2, 1862 3 yrs 
8, 1862 3 yrs 



3 yrs. 
3 yrs, 
3 yrs. 



3 yrs 
3 yrs 
3 yrs 



1862 3 yrs 
1864 3 yrs 



3 yrs 
3 yrs 



Died Aug. 5, 1864, at New Orleans, La. 

Died March 7, 1863, at St. Louis, Mo. 

Transferred to Co. D, 48th Battalion, July 24, 
1865. 

Transferred to Co. H Jan. 17, 1865. 

Discharged March 9, 1863. at Young's Point, 
La., on Surgeon's certificate of disability. 

.Appointed Corporal Aug. 22, 1862; reduced ; 

transferred to Co. H Jan. 17, 1865. 

Discharged Jan. 31, 1863, at General Hospital, 
Memphis, Tenn.. on Surgeon's certificate of 
disability. 

Transferred to Co. D, 48th Battalion, July 
24, 1865. 

Transferred to Co. D, 48th Battalion, July 24. 
1865. 

Discharged Nov. 28, 1864, at mouth of White 
river, Ark., on Surgeon's certificate of disa- 
bility. 

Died July 2, 1863, at St. Louis. Mo. 

Died Feb. 4, 1863, at Young's Point, La. 

Died June 15, 1865, on hospital boat on Mis- 
sissippi river. 

Transferred to Co. H Jan. 17. 1865. 

Transferred from Co. F Dec. 1, 1862; to Co. H 
Jan. 17, 1865. 

Discharged Aug. 30, 1804, at Columbus, O.. for 
wounds received April 8, 1864, in battle of 
Sabine Cross Roads, La.; left arm amputated. 

Transferred to Co. H Jan. 17, 1865. 

Captured April 8, 1864, at battle of Sabine 
Cross Roads, La.; confined at Tyler, Tex.; 
transferred to Co. H Jan. 17, 1865. 

Transferred to Co. D, 48th Battalion, July 24. 
1865. 

Transferred to Co. H Jan. 17, 1865. 

Discharged Aug. 9, 1863, at Vicksburg, Miss., 
on Surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Mustered as Drummer; appointed Corproal 
June 21, 1864; wounded Oct. 19, 1864, in ac- 
tion; reduced Oct. 30, 1864; transferred to 
Co. H Jan. 17, 1865. 

Discharged May 2, 1863, at Milliken's Bend. 
La., on Surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Transferred to Co. D, 4Sth Battalion, July 24. 
1865. 

Discharged June 15, 1863, near 'Vicksburg. 
Miss., on Surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Transferred from Co. F Dec. 1, 1862; to Co. H 
Jan. 17. 1865. 

Also borne on rolls as James Hough, died Jan. 
20, 1863, on steamer Citizen, of wounds re- 
ceived in action. 

Transferred to Co. H Jan. 17, 1865. 

Transferred to Co. H Jan. 17, 1865. 

Transferred to Co. H Jan. 17, 1865. 

Transferred to Co. D. 48th Battalion, July 24. 
1865. 

Died Feb. 24, 1863, at St. Louis, Mo. 

Died June 15, 1863, near Vicksburg, Miss. 

Discharged July 28, 1864. at Memphis, Tenn.. 
to accept commission in Medical Depart- 
ment. 

Died Feb. 5. 1863, at Young's Point, La. 



Transferred to Co. H Jan. 17, 1865. 
Transferred to Co. D, 48th Battalion, July 24. 

1865. 
Died March 8, 1863. at St. Louis, Mo. 
Transferred from Co. H Nov. 1. 1862; to Co. H 

Jan. 17, 1865. 
Died March 16, 1863, at Young's Point, La. 
Transferred to Co. H Jan. 17, 1865. 



Died May 25, 1863, at Milliken"s Bend La. 
Transferred to Co. H Jan. 17, 1865. 
Transferred to Co. H Jan. 17, 1865. 
Transferred to Co. H Jan. 17, 1865. 
Transferred to Co. H Jan. 17. 1865. 
Transferred from Co. H Nov. 8. 1862; to Co. H 
Jan. 17, 1865. 



208 



Roster Eighty-Third Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 



Names. 



Rank. 



Age. 



I Per- 

Date of liod of 

Entering the I Ser- 

Service. vice. 



Remarks. 



Riker, Mahlon. . . 
Ritter, William C . 



Ritter, George. . . 

Ritter, John 

Ritter, Francis C. 
Ritter. Arthur C . 



Ross, James D . . . . 

Shannon, Jacob D. 

Short, JohnW 

Shuff, Jonathan. . . 

Smith, Jesse 



Smith, Charles F. 
Smith, Noah 



Smith, Edward 

Stephens, James M . 
Stewart, William H . 



Stewart, JohnW. . 
Swihart, George. . . 

Swihart, Eli 

Swihart, Joel 

Taylor, David P . . 

Thompson, William F 

Thompson, Sarnuel . 
Thompson, Isaiah. . 



Traynor, Michael T . , 

Treadway, William J 
Trewitt, William . . . . 



Van Skiver, Alvaro . 



Warren, Ezra M 

Whallon, Jacob . . . 
Williams, Charles E 

Williams, Martin L. 



Williamson, Peter O. 
Wishart, Peter A 



Workman, Hammett 



Yarlott. David 

Vounce, Hamilton. 
Yount, Samuel K. . 
Yount, Davis 



Zickefoose, Henry. . 
Zickefoose, Elias . . . 

John Baszee 

Stephen Smith 



Private 
...do. ., 



...do. . 
...do.. 
...do. . 
...do.. 



.do., 
.do. . 



. ..do. . 
...do. . 



.do. 



.do. 
.do. 



,.do. 
..do. 
..do. 



..do. 
..do. 

..do. 

..do., 

..do. 

..do. 

..do. 
..do. 



.do. 



.do. 
.do. 



.do. 



.do. 
.do. 
.do. 

.do. 



.do. 
.do. 

.do. 

.do. 
.do. 
.do. 
.do. 



..do. . 
..do. , 
Cook 
..do. . 



40 



19 



Jan. 25. 
Aug. 13, 

Aug. 14. 
Aug. 12, 
Aug. 14, 
Aug. 8. 

Aug. 13. 

Feb. 15, 

Aug. 16. 
Aug. 9, 



1864'3 yrs. 
1882 3 yrs. 

1862i3 yrs. 
1862 3 yrs. 
1862 3 yrs. 
1862 3 yrs, 



1862 
1865 



3 yrs. 
lyr. 



1862 3 yrs 
1862 3 yrs. 



Aug. 12, 1862 3 yrs 



Aug. 22, 
Aug. 21, 

Aug. 7, 

Aug. 7, 

Aug. 8, 



Aug. 8, 
Aug. 21, 

Aug. 21 
Aug. 21 
Aug. 6 



1862 3 
1862 3 

1862 3 

1862 3 

1862 3 



1862 3 yrs. 
1862 3 yrs. 

1862 3 yrs. 
1862 3 yrs. 
1862 3 yrs. 



Aug. 22. 1862 3 yrs 



Aug. 30, 
Aug. 11, 



1862 
1862 



Aug. 8. 1862 



Jan. 29. 
Aug. 21. 



1864 
1862 



Feb. 20. 1864 



Aug. 21, 
Aug. 22. 
Feb. 15. 



1862 
1862 
1865 



.A.ug. 11. 1862 



Aug. 16, 
Aug. 22, 



1862 
1862 



Aug. 21. 1862 



Feb. 14, 

April 3, 

Feb. 27, 

Feb. 27, 

Aug. 21, 
Aug. 21, 
May 1, 
May 1, 



1865 
1865 
1865 
1865 
1862: 



yrs. 
yrs. 

yrs. 

yrs. 

yrs. 



3 yrs. 
3 yrs. 



3 yrs 

3 yrs 
3 yrs 

3 yrs. 



3 yrs, 
3 yrs, 
lyr. 

3 yrs 



3 yrs 

3 yrs 

3 yrs 



lyr. 
1 yr. 
1 yr. 
1 yr. 



3 yrs. 
1862 3 yrs. 
1864i3 yrs. 
1864 3 yrs. 



Transferred to Co. H Jan. 17. 1865. 
Discharged Oct. 31. 1863. at Camp Dennison. 
O.. on Surgeon's certificate of disability. 



Transferred to Co. H Jan. 17. 1865. 
Discharged March 13. 1863. at St. Louis. Mo., 

on Surgeon's certificate of disability. 
Discharged June 11, 1864, at Memphis, Tenu.. 

on Surgeon's certificate of disability. 
Transferred to Co. D. 48th Battalion. July 24, 

1865. 
Transferred to Co. H Jan. 17. 1865. 
Died May 25. 1863, near Vicksburg. Miss., of 

wounds received May 23, 1863. at seige of 

Vicksburg, Miss. 
Transferred from Co. F Dec. 1. 1862; to Co. H 

Jan. 17. 1865. 
Transferred to Co. H May 22. 1863. 
Died July 1. 1864, in Regimental Hospital, 

Baton Rouge, La. 
Discharged Sept. 28. 1863, at Carrollton, La., 

on Surgeon's certificate of disability. 
Detailed with Ambulance Corps Sept. 16, 1864; 

transferred to Co. H Jan. 17, 1865. 
Also borne on rolls as William H. Steward; 

mustered as Wagoner; died March 9, 1863, 

at Young's Point, La. 
Transferred to Co. H Jan. 17. 1865. 
Appointed Corporal July 20, 1864; reduced Oct. 

30. 1864; transferred to Co. H Jan. 17, 1865. 
Transferred from Co. H Jan. 17. 1865. 
Transferred to Co. H Jan. 17, 1865. 
Killed May 22, 1863. at battle of Vicksburg, 

Mississippi. 
Discharged March 17, 1863. at Milliken's Bend, 

La., on Surgeon's certificate of disability. 
Transferred to Co. H Jan. 17. 1865. 
Appointed Sergeant Aug. 22. 1862; reduced 

; died Jan. 17. 1863, on steamer Citizen. 

near Milliken's Bend, La. 
Appointed Corporal Oct. 9, 1863; reduced Oct. 

30. 1864; transferred to Co. H Jan. 17, 1865. 

Also borne on rolls as William Truit; trans- 
ferred to Co. H Jan. 17, 1865. 
Discharged July 24. 1865, at Camp Chase, O., 

for wounds received April 9, 1865, in battle of 

Fort Blakeley, Ala.; see Co. D, 48th Battalion. 
Transferred to Co. H Jan. 17. 1865. 
Transferred to Co. H Jan. 17. 1865. 
Transferred to Co. D, 48th Battalion, July 24, 

1865. 
Discharged Feb. 13. 1864. at Camp Denmson, 

O.. for wounds received May 23, 1863, at 

siege of Vicksburg, Miss. 
Transferred to Co. H Jan. 17. 1865. 
Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps March 

29. 1863. 
Discharged Dec. 16. 1863, at St. Louis, Mo.. 

for wounds received Jan. 11. 1863, in battle of 

Arkansas Post, Ark., left leg amputated. 
Transferred to Co. D. 48th Battalion, July 24, 

1865. 
Transferred to Co. D. 48th Battalion. July 24, 

1865. 
Transferred to Co. D. 48th Battalion, July 24, 

1865. 
Transferred to Co. D, 48th Battalion, July 24, 

1865. 
Transferred to Co. H Jan. 17, 1865. 
Transferred to Co. H Jan. 17. 1865. 
Colored under-cook. 
Colored under-cook. 



Roster Eighty-Third Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 



209 



COMPANY F 

Mustered in Aug. 26, 1862, at Camp Dennison, O.. by A. F. Bond. Captain 2d Infantry, U. S. A. 
out July 24, 1865. at Galveston, Tex. 



Mustered 



Names. 



Rank. 



Age. 



Date of 

Entering the 

Service. 



Per- I 
iod of I 
Ser- 
vice. 



Remarks. 



John W. Ross 

Cornelius A. Burns. 



Joseph O'Connor. 
Samuel G. Kile... 



Archie Young 

George W. Carey. . . 

John S. Taylor, Jr. . 
Joseph A. Savage. . . 



Samuel G. Kile. 



Frederick Jeffrey . . 
Ernest Warden . . . . 

William J. James.. 
William F. Funk . . 



William Coughlin . . . 

Thomas M. Dickson 

Joseph Richter 

Henry C. Davidson. 

Charles G. Hallam. 
Joseph B. Leake — 



Oliver B. Prophater. 

John Mclnerny. . . . 
Peter Cromwell .... 



Charles Albes. 



Elliott D. Hewson. . . 
John Brady 



Charles W. Houselle . 



Andrew Johnson 

Ackennan, Edwin J.. 

Albright, Joseph 



Captain 
...do. . . 



1st Lieut. 
....do. . . 



.do., 
.do.. 



2d Lieut. 
....do. .. 



1st Sergt. 

Sergeant 
....do. . . 

..do. . . 
...do. . . 



...do. . . 
...do. .. 
...do... 
Corporal 



-do. 
.do. 



...do. 

...do. 
...do. 



.do. 



...do. 
...do. 



..do... 



Musician 
Private 



....do. 



21 



July 29 
July 21 

July 28 
Aug. 8 

Aug. 2 

Aug. 15 

July 31 
Aug. 22 

Aug. 8 

.■\ug. 6 
Aug. 4 

Aug. 15 
Aug. 7 

Aug. 8 

Aug. 12 

Aug. 8 

Aug. 21 

.A.ug. 22 
Aug. 8 

Aug. 5 

Aug. 22 
Aug. 6 

Aug. 13 

Aug. 15 
.A.ug. 22 



1862 3 yrs 
1862 3 yrs. 



1862'3 yrs. 
1862 3 yrs. 

1862 3 yrs. 



1862 



3 yrs. 



1862 3 yrs. 
1862 3 yrs. 



1862,3 yrs. 



1862 
1862 

1862 
1862 

1862 

1862 

1862 

1862 



1862 
1862 



1862 

1862 
1862 

1862 

1862 
1862 



Aug. 22. 1862 



Aug. 13, 
Aug. 6, 



1862 
1862 



3 yrs. 
3 yrs. 

3 yrs. 
3 yrs. 



3 yrs. 
3 yrs. 
3 yrs. 
3 yrs. 



3 yrs. 
3 yrs. 



3 yrs. 

3 yrs. 
3 yrs. 

3 yrs. 

3 yrs. 
3 yrs. 



3 yrs. 



3 yrs. 
3 yrs. 



Aug. 6, 1862 3 yrs 



Resigned Jan. 2, 1864, on Surgeon's certificate 

of disability. 
Promoted from 2d Lieutenant Co. A Feb 18, 
I 1864; killed April 8, 1864, in batUe of Sabine 

Cross Roads, La. 

Transferred from Co. I May 9, 1864; to Co. E 

I Nov. 17, 1864. 

Transferred from 1st Lieutenant and Adjutant 
Nov. 17, 1864; to Co. H Jan. 17. 1865. 

Promoted from Com. Sergeant March 29, 1865; 
transferred to Co. K May 24, 1865. 

'Resigned Feb. 13, 1863. 

Appointed 1st Sergeant Aug. 26, 1862; pro- 
moted to 2d Lieutenant May 8, 1863; re- 
signed Aug. 11, 1863. 

Appointed Corporal Nov. 20, 1862; Sergeant 
April 4, 1863; Ist Sergeant May 1, 1863; 
promoted to 1st Lieutenant Co. I Feb. 18, 
1864. 

Appointed Aug. 26. 1862; killed Jan. 11, 1863, 
in battle of Arkansas Post, Ark. 

Appointed Aug. 26, 1862; died May 18, 1863, at 
Kidd's Plantation, Miss., of wounds received 
May 16, 1863, in battle of Champion's Hill, 
Miss. 

Appointed Aug. 26, 1862; discharged April 4, 
1863, on Surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Appointed Corporal Sept. 10, 1862; Sergeant 
Oct. 14, 1862; died Jan. 1863, on steamer 
Citizen near Milliken's Bend, La. 

Appointed Corporal Sept. 2, 1862; Sergeant 
Jan. 12, 1863; transferred to Signal Corps 
Oct. 7, 1863. 

Appointed Corporal Jan. 20, 1863; Sergeant 
May 1, 1864; transferred to Co. A Jan. 17. 
1865. 

Appointed Corporal Aug. 26, 1862; Sergeant 
Jan. 1, 1864; transferred to Co. H Jan. 17, 
1865. 

Appointed Corporal Aug. 26, 1862; discharged 
Dec. 11, 1863, on Surgeon's certificate of dis- 
ability. 

Appointed Corporal Aug. 26, 1862. 

Appointed Corporal Aug. 26, 1862; discharged 
March 25, 1863, on Surgeon's certificate of 
disability. 

Appointed Corporal Oct. 1, 1862; died Jan. 11. 
1863, of wounds received same day in battle 
of Arkansas Post, Ark. 

Appointed Corporal Oct. 1, 1862; transferred 
to Co. H Jan. 17, 1865. 

Appointed Corporal Jan. 20, 1863; discharged 
A.ug. 10, 1863, on Surgeon's certificate of 
disability. 

Appointed Corporal Jan. 6, 1863; captured 
Nov. 3, 1863, at battle of Grand Coteau, La.; 
confined at Alexandria, La.; exchanged Dec. 
25, 1863; transferred to Co. K Jan. 17, 1865. 

Appointed Corporal May 10, 1863; transferred 
to Co. H as Elliott D. Huston, Jan. 17, 1865. 

Captured Nov. 3, 1863, at battle of Grand 
Coteau, La.; confined at Alexandria, La.: 
exchanged Dec. 25, 1863; appointed Corporal 
Sept. 1, 1864; transferred to Co. K Jan. 17, 
186.5. , ^ 

Captured Nov. 3, 1863, at batt'e of Grand 
Coteau, La.; confined at /Vlexandria, La.; 
exchanged Dec. 25, 1863; appointed Sergeant 
from private Aug. 1, 1864; reduced to Cor- 
poral Oct. 30, 1864; transferred to Co. K Jan. 
17, 1865. 

Appointed Corporal Aug. 26.1 862 ; reduced Jan. 

20, 1863. 
Transferred to Co. K Jan. 17, 1865. 



210 



Roster Eighty-Third Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 



Names. 



Armstrong, Robert . . . 
Ausdenmoore, Herman 



Backer, Edward .... 
Barker, John 

Board, William 

Brittigan, James. . . 
Bucknell, Ellis 

Burke, Michael .... 
Chard, Thomas J . . . 

Clark, Albert C. . . . 
Conant, Hamilton H 

Conley, Andrew. . . . 

Coonse, Garrett. . . . 
Crecraft, Randolph. 
Cnder, William .... 
Currie, Arthur L . . . 



Curtis, John 

Dankworth, Joseph. 



Danner, John M . . 
De Pinal, William . 



Ellis, Charles 

Elleton. William H . 



Faulkner, Theodore. . . 



Fisher, Thomas C 

Fisher, Abner E 



Freeman, Daniel H . 
Fuchs, Henry 



Gerhardt, Frank 

Gipford, Casper 

Hannebal, Frederick. 

Harbeson, Benjamin. 

Harrison, Clinton R . 



Helmkamp, Joseph . . 

Henderson, Perry 

Hix, William J 



Holford, George T. 



Hudson, William. 



Hulsmeyer, Henry. . . 
Jones, David W 

Jordan, Edward 

Kauffman, Henry E. 

Kenny, Michael 

Kindle, DeWitt C . . . 
King, George I 

Kinney. Patrick 



Rank. 



Age. 



Private 
...do. . 



.do. 
.do. 



.do. 
.do. 
.do. 

.do. 
.do. 

.do. 
.do. 

.do. 

.do. 
.do. 
.do. 
.do. 



.do. 



..do. 
..do. 



.do. 
.do. 



...do. 



....do. 
....do. 



.do. 
.do. 



.do. 
.do. 
.do. 

.do. 

.do. 



.do. 
.do. 
.do. 

.do. 



.do. 



....do. 
....do. 

....do. 
....do. 
....do. 
....do. 
....do. 

....do. 



18 



19 



Date of 

Entering the 

Service. 



Aug. 5, 
Aug. 18 



Aug. 22 
Aug. 13 

Aug. 18 
Feb. 5 
Aug. 14 



1862 
1862 



Per- 
iod of 
Ser- 
vice. 



Remarks. 



3 yrs 

3 yrs, 



18 Aug. 6, 

19 i.\ug. 22, 



Aug. 22 
Aug. 13, 



1862 3 yrs. 
1862 3 yrs. 

1862 3 yrs. 
1864'3 yrs. 
1862i3 yrs, 

1862 3 yrs. 
1862 3 yrs. 

186213 yrs, 
1862,3 yrs. 



Aug. 22, 1862 3 yrs. 



Aug. 22, 
Feb. 6 
Aug. 22, 
Aug. 20 



Aug. 4, 

Aug. 22, 

Feb. 18, 
Aug. 22, 



Jan. 21, 
Aug. 11 



1862 3 yrs, 
1864' 3 yrs, 
1862J3 yrs, 
1862 3 yrs. 



1862 
1862 



1862 
1862 



3 yrs, 

3 yrs, 

3 yrs, 
3 yrs. 



1864 3 yrs 
1862 3 yrs 



Aug. 22, 1862 3 yrs 



1863 3 yrs 



Nov. 6, 
Nov. 5, 



.\ug. 22, 
Aug. 22, 



1863 3 yrs 



1862 
1862 



, 1864 3 yrs, 
, 1862 3 yrs. 



Feb. 6 

Aug. 22. . „ ^.„. 

Aug. 22, 1862 3 yrs. 



Aug. 
Aug. 



1862 
1862 



1862 
1862 
1862 



Aug. 22, 
Aug. 7, 
Aug. 7, 



Aug. 22, 1862 



Aug. 7, 1862 



Aug. 12, 
Aug. 7, 

Aug. 7, 
Aug. 22, 
Aug. 18, 
Aug. 22, 
Aug. 7, 



Aug. 22, 1862 3 yrs 



3 yrs 
3 yrs 



3 yrs, 
3 yrs. 



3 yrs. 
3 yrs. 
3 yrs. 

3 yrs. 



3 yrs, 



1862 3 yrs. 
1862 3 yrs. 

1862 3 yrs. 
1862 3 yrs. 
1862 3 yrs. 
1862 3 yrs. 
1862 3 yrs. 



Discharged Jan. 20, 1863, on Surgeon's certifi- 
cate of disability. 

Transferred from Co. B Aug. 30, 1862; dis- 
charged Aug. 6, 1863, on Surgeon's certificate 
of disability. 

Transferred to Co. H Jan. 17, 1865. 

Discharged Jan. 6 , 1864, on Surgeon's certificate 
of disability. 

Transferred to Co. K Jan. 17, 1865. 

Transferred to Co. K Jan. 17, 1865. 

Died Jan. 22, 1863. of wounds received Jan. 11, 
1863, in battle of Arkansas Post, Ark. 

Transferred to Co. H Jan. 17, 1865. 

Mustered as Musician; transferred to Co. K 
Jan. 17, 1865. 

Transferred to Co. E Dec. 1, 1862. 

Discharged Nov. 21, 1864, at New Orleans, La., 
on Surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Transferred from Co. B Aug. 30, 1862; dis- 
charged July 22, 1863, by civil authority. 

Transferred to Co. E Dec. 1, 1862. 

Transferred to Co. H Jan. 17, 1865. 

Transferred to Co. H Jan. 17, 1865. 

Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps Nov. 
13. 1863; mustered out July 17, 1865, at Jef- 
ferson Barracks, Mo., by order of War De- 
partment. 

Mustered as private; promoted to 2d Lieu- 
tenant Co. D Nov. 7, 1862. 

Discharged Dec. 1, 1863, on Surgeon's certifi- 
cate of disability. 

Transferred to Co. H Jan. 17. 1865. 

Transferred to 60th Co., 2d Battalion Veteran 
Reserve Corps, Jan. 14, 1864; mustered out 
June 28, 1865, at Cincinnati, O., by order of 
War Department. 

Transferred to Co. K Jan. 17, 1865. 

Captured Nov. 3, 1863. at battle of Grand Co- 
teau. La.; confined at Alexandria, La.; ex- 
changed Dec. 25, 1863; transferred to Co. K 
Jan. 17, 1865. 

Discharged Sept. 9, 1862, on Surgeon's certifi- 
cate of disability. 

Transferred to Co. H Jan. 17, 1865. 

Captured Oct. 7, 1864, at mouth of Red river, 

La.; paroled ; mustered out Aug. 2, 1865, 

at Camp Chase, O., by order of War Depart- 
ment; transferred to Co. H Jan. 17, 1865, 
while a prisoner of war. 

Transferred to Co. K Jan. 17, 1865. 

Captured Nov. 3, 1863, at battle of Grand Co- 
teau. La.; confined at Alexandria, La.; ex- 
changed Dec. 25, 1863; transferred to Co. H 
Jan. 17, 1865. 

Transferred to Co. K Jan. 17, 1865. 

Transferred to Co. E Dec. 1, 1862. 

Discharged Feb. 18. 1863, on Surgeon's certifi- 
cate of disability. 

Appointed Corporal Aug. 26, 1862; reduced 
Oct. 1, 1862. 

Captured April 8, 1864, at battle of Sabine 
Cross Roads, La.; died Oct. 17, 1864, in Rebel 
Prison, near Hempstead, Tex. 

Transferred to Co. E Dec. 1, 1862. 

Discharged March 16, 1863, on Surgeon's certifi- 
cate of disability. 

Captured Nov. 3, 1863, at battle of Grand Co- 
teau, La.; confined at Ale.xandria, La.; ex- 
changed Dec. 25, 1863; transferred to Co. H 
Jan. 17, 1865. 

Appointed Corporal Sept. 21, 1862; Sergeant 
May 1, 1863; 1st Sergeant April 1, 1864; re- 
duced Nov. 1, 1864; prisoner of war from 
Oct. 7, 1864 to May 27, 1865; transferred to 
Co. K Jan. 17, 1865. 

Appointed Corporal Aug. 26, 1862; reduced Oct. 

1, 1802; transferred to Co. K Jan. 17, 1865. 
Transferred to Co. K Jan. 17, 1805. 
Transferred to Co. I Jan. 17, 1865. 
Transferred to Co. K Jan. 18, 1865. 

Mustered as private; promoted to Q. M. Ser- 
geant, May 1, 1863. 
Died Feb. 5, 1863, at Young's Point, La. 



Roster Eighty-Third Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 



211 



Names. 



Age. 



Date of 

Entering the 

Service. 



Per- 
iod of 
Ser- 
vice. 



Remarks. 



Klinger, William . . . 

Koch, John 

Krause, Edward M . 
Krumer, William . . . 



Latta, Leonidas 

Leinwebcr, Henry. . . 

Leinweber, Harry H . 
Logan, John 



Lordsave, William .... 
Lyttleton, George VV. . 

McKeon, James 

McLaughlin, William. 

McMahan, Ross 

Maguire, Lucas 

Malott, Israel P 

Maritius, Henry 

Mossgrove, Benjamin F 

Mossgrove, Joel D . . 



O'Connor. Hugh . 
Parker, James . . . 



Phillips, Oliver H. 
Rhyner, James S . 
Samora, John .... 



Shaw, Charles G . 



Siewers, Charles L. 

Smith, Jesse 

Stafford, Henry. . . 

Stanley, George W . 
Stevens, Albert .... 



Sullivan, Daniel. . . . 
Sweeney, George . . . 
Townsend, Thoni.as. 



Tudor, Edward B . 
Vanderhier, Henry. 



Weaver, John J . 



Weiler, John 

Weldy. LaGrott C . 



Wershey, William F 
Whildin, Matthew. 

Wiley, William.... 

Woodruff, David T 
Woolard, WiUiam S 

Wozencraft, Edwin 

Yancy, John 

Yeakle, Jacob 

Young, Henry 



Private 
...do. . . 
...do. . , 
. . .do . . , 



...do. 
...do. 



....do. 
....do. 



....do. 
....do. 
....do. 
....do. 
....do. 
....do. 
....do. 
....do. 
....do. 



.do. 



.do. 
.do. 



.do. 
.do. 
.do. 



....do. 



....do. 
....do. 
....do. 

....do. 
....do. 



....do. 
....do. 
....do. 



.do. 
..do. 



.do. 



.do. 
.do. 



..do. 
..do. 



.do. 
.do. 



.do. 
.do. 



.do. 
.do. 



Aug. 11, 1862 
Aug. 22, 1862 
Aug. 21. 1862 
Aug. 8, 1862 



Aug. 14, 1862 
Aug. 22, 1862 



Aug. 30, 1864 
Aug. 7, 1862 



Aug. 
Mch. 
Aug. 
Nov. 
Nov. 
Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 
Mch. 



7. 1862 
31.1864 

6, 1862 
13, 1863 

6, 1863 
15, 1862 
13, 1862 

8, 1862 
27. 1865 



Mch. 27, 1865 

Aug. 5. 1862 
Aug. 13, 1862 



Aug. 14, 1862 
Aug. 22. 1862 
Aug. 8. 1862 

.\ug. 6, 1862 



3 yrs. 
3 yrs. 
3 yrs. 
3 yrs. 



3 yrs. 
3 yrs, 



1 yr. 
3 yrs, 



3 yrs. 
3 yrs, 
3 yrs, 
3 yrs, 
3 yrs. 
3 yrs, 
3 yrs, 
3 yrs, 
1 yr. 

lyr. 

3 yrs, 
3 yrs. 



3 yrs, 
3 yrs, 
3 yrs, 

3 yrs, 



Aug. 9, 1862 3 yrs, 
Aug. 22, 1862 3 yrs 
Aug. 7, 1862 3 yrs. 



Aug. 4, 1862 
Aug. 9, 1862 



Aug. 6. 1862 
Aug. 6, 1862 
Aug. 9. 1861 



Jan. 27. 1865 
Aug. 6, 1862 

Aug. 5, 1862 

Sept. 1 , 1864 
Aug. 21, 1862 

Aug. 22. 1862 

Aug. 12. 1862 



3 yrs 
3 yrs. 



3 yrs 

3 yrs 
3 yrs 



1 yr. 
3 yrs 



3 yrs 



1 yr. 
3 yrs 



3 yrs 

3 yrs 



Jan. 24, 1865 1 yr. 

Aug. 21. 1862 3 vrp 
Mch. 27.1865 I yr. 

Aug. 10. 1862i3 yrs, 

Aug. 22. 1862|3 yrs 

Aug. 12, 186213 yrs 

Aug. 9. 186213 yrs 



Transferred to Co. K Jan. 17. 1865. 

See Co. E. 

Captured Nov. 3, 1863, at battle of Grand Co- 
teau. La.; confined at Alexandria. La.; ex- 
changed Dec. 25. 1863; transferred to Co. H 
Jan. 17. 1865. 

Transferred to Co. K Jan. 17, 1865. 

Di.scharged Aug. 18, 1863, on Surgeon's certifi- 
cate of disability. 

Transferred to Co. K Jan. 17, 1865. 

Captured Nov. 3, 1863, at battle of Grand Co- 
teau. La.; confined at Alexandria, La.; ex- 
changed Dec. 25, 1863; transferred to Co. H 
Jan. 17, 1865. 

Transferred to Co. H Jan. 17, 1865. 

Transferred to Co. K Jan. 17. 1865. 
Transferred to Co. K Jan. 17. 1865. 

Transferred to Co. B Nov. 1, 1862. 
Transferred to Co. K Jan. 17. 1865. 
Transferred to Co. B, 48th Battalion. July 24. 

1865. 
Transferred to Co. B, 48th Battalion, July 24. 

1865. 

Captured Nov. 3. 1863. at battle of Grand 
Coteau. La.; confined at .Mexandria, La.; 
exchanged Dec. 25, 1863; transferred to Co. 
H Jan. 17, 1865. 

Transferred to Co. K Jan. 17. 1865. 

Transferred to Co. K Jan. 17, 1865. 

Discharged July 8, 1863, on Surgeon's certifi- 
cate of disability. 

Captured Nov. 3, 1863, at battle of Grand 
Coteau. La.; confined at Alexandria. La.; 
exchanged Dec. 25. 1863; transferred to Co. 
H Jan. 17. 1865. 

Transferred to Co. K Jan. 17. 1865. 

Transferred to Co. E Dec. 1. 1862. 

Discharged Jan. 17. 1863. on Surgeon's certifi- 
cate of disability. 

Transferred to Co. H Jan. 17. 1865. 

Captured Nov. 3, 1863, at battle of Grand 
Coteau, La.; confined at Alexandria. La.; 
exchanged Dec. 25. 1863; transferred to Co. 
H Jan. 17, 1865. 

Transferred to Co. H Jan. 17, 1865. 

Transferred to Co. K, 3d Regiment Veteran 
Reserve Corps. March 6, 1864; mustered out 
Aug. 30, 1864. at Hartford, Conn., on expira- 
tion of term of service. 

Transferred to Co. B, 48th Battalion. July 24. 
1865. 

Transferred to 15th Co.. 2d Battalion Veteran 
Reserve Corps. Sept. 1. 1863; mustered out 
June 28, 1865, at Benton Barracks, Mo., by 
order of War Department. 

Discharged Dec. 18. 1862, on Surgeon's certifi- 
cate of disability. 

Transferred to Co. K Jan. 17. 1865. 

Discharged March 30. 1863. on Surgeon's cer- 
tificate of disability. 

Discharged April 17. 1863, on Surgeon's cer- 
tificate of disabilitv. 

Promoted to 2d Lieutenant Nov. 17. 1862. but 
not mustered; discharged to date Dec. 31, 
1S6.", on Surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Transferred to Co. B. 4Sth Battalion, July 24, 
1865. 

.Appointed Sergeant Aug. 26. 1862; reduced . 

Transferred to Co. B, 48th Battalion. July 24. 
1865. 

Transferred from Co. B Aug. 30. 1862; to Co. 
K Jan. 17, 1865. 

Mustered as Wagoner; discharged March 21, 
1863, on Surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Discharged March 23, 1863, on Surgeon's cer- 
tificate of disability. 

Captured Nov. 3, 1863, at battle of Grand 
Coteau, La.; confined at .Alexandria, La.; 
exchanged Dec. 25, 1863; transferred to Co. 
H Jan. 17. 1865. 



212 



Roster Eighty-Third Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 



COMPANY G 

Mustered in Sept. 11, 1862, at camp in the field, Campbell County, Ky., by R. S. Smith, Lieutenant 2d Cavalrv , 
U. S. A. Mustered out July 24, 1865, at Galveston, Tex. 



Names. 



Rank. 



Age. 



Date of 

Entering the 

Service. 



Per- 
iod of 
Ser- 
vice. 



Remarks. 



Henry P. Deuscher. 
John D. Gary 



James P. Cummins . 
William Weaver. . . 



Joseph Rudolph. 



Samuel A. Keen . . 
Noah E. Broombaugh 
James W. C. Smith 



James D. Wetheroe. 
William C. Carter. . 
Charles D. Shanck.. 
Jonathan C. Steward 
William M. Voorhis. 



Andrew J. Clark. . . 
Henry Weston .... 
Elisha G. Lesourd . 
Datus E. Myers.. . 
Franklin Wesco . . . 



Jacob M. Gardner. , 
Oliver B. Conorroe. 



Reuben Wesco, Jr. 
John F. Kuraler. . . 
George G. Price . . . 



Jacob A. Inman. 



John W. Fox 

Hugh Lafferty. . . . 

James Sinkey 

Richard H. Ball... 

John Campbell 

Joshua A. Cox .... 

Dallas WikofF 

Samuel F. Stewart. 
Potter J. White. . . 
Isaac W. Boatman . 
Alcorn, William . . . 



Captain 
...do. . . 



....do. .. 
1st Lieut. 



.do. 



....do. . . 
2d Lieut. 
....do. . . 

1st Sergt, 
....do. . . 
Sergeant 

.do.. . 

.do. . . 



...do... 
...do. . . 
...do... 
...do... 
Corporal 

...do.. 
...do.. 



...do. . 

Corporal 

...do 



.do. 



.do. 



...do. . 

...do. . 
...do. . 
...do. . 
...do.. 



..do. . 
..do. . 
..do. . 
Musician 
Private 



Aug. 
Aug. 



Aug. 

Aug. 



11, 1862 3 yrs. 
19, 1862 3 yrs. 



Sept. 12 



Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 

Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 

Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 

Aug. 
Aug. 



Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 



Aug. 13 



Aug. 
Aug. 

Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 
•Vug. 



1862 3 yrs. 
1862 3 yrs. 

1862 3 yrs. 

j 
1862' 3 yrs. 

1862 3 yrs. 

1862 3 yrs 

1862 3 yrs. 
1862 3 yrs. 
1862 3 yrs. 
1862 3 yrs, 
1862 3 yrs, 



1862 
1862 



3 yrs. 

3 yrs. 
1862 3 yrs. 
1862 3 yrs. 
1862|3 yrs. 

1862 3 yrs. 
1862:3 yrs. 



1862 i 3 yrs. 
1862 3 yrs. 
1862 3 yrs. 

1862 3 yrs. 

1862 3 yrs. 
1862^3 yrs. 

1862 3 yrs. 

I 
1862j3 yrs. 

1862 3 yrs. 

1862 3 yrs. 

1862 3 yrs. 



1862 
1862 
1862 



3 yrs. 
3 yrs, 
3 yrs. 



1862 3 yrs 



Mustered as Sergeant; promoted to 1st Lieu- 
tenant April 17, 1863; Captain Feb. 18, 1864; 
transferred to Co. I Jan. 17, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. I Jan. 17, 1865; mustered 
out with company July 24, 1865. 

Appointed Sept. 12, 1862; died Jan. 13, 1863, 
of wounds received Jan. 11, 1863, in battle of 
Arkansas Post, Ark. 

Promoted to 2d Lieutenant from Sergt. Major 
Nov. 24, 1862; 1st Lieutenant Feb. 22, 1863; 
resigned Aug. 7, 1863. 

Transferred from Co. D Jan. 17, 1865; mustered 
out with companv July 24. 1865. 

Appointed Sept. 12, 1862; resigned Nov. 24, 
1862. 

Mustered as private; transferred to Co. H 
and appointed Sergeant Feb. 1, 1863; pro- 
moted to 2d Lieutenant Feb. 22, 1863; 
resigned Aug. 13, 1863. 

Died Feb. 11, 1863, at Jefferson Barracks. St. 
Louis, Mo. 

Transferred from Co. D Jan. 17, 1865; mustered 
out with company July 24, 1865. 

Discharged Jan. 13, 1863, at Memphis, Tenn., 
on Surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Transferred from Co. I Jan. 17. 1865; mustered 
out with company July 24, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. I as private; appointed 

Sergeant ; transferred to Co. I Jan. 17, 

1865. 

Mustered as private; appointed Sergeant ; 

transferred to Co. I Jan. 17, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. D Jan. 17, 1865; mus- 
tered out with company July 24, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. I Jan. 17, 1865; mustered 
out with comapny July 24, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. D Jan. 17, 1865; mus- 
tered out with company July 24, 1865. 

Died Jan. 11, 1863, at Arkansas Post, Ark., of 
wounds received same day in battle of 
Arkansas Post, Ark. 

Discharged May 20, 1863, at Columbus, O., on 
Surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Captured Nov. 3, 1863, at battle of Grand 
Coteau, La.; confined at Alexandria, La.; 
exchanged Dec. 25, 1863; transferred to Co. 
I Jan. 17, 1865. 

Transferred to Co. I Jan. 17, 1865. 

Transferred to Co. H . 

Appointed Corporal Jan. 20, 1863; died June 
18, 1,S63, at Jefferson Barracks, St. Louis, Mo. 

.Appointed Sergeant from private Sept. 1, 1864; 
reduced to Corporal Oct. 30, 1864; transferred 
to Co. I Jan. 17, 1865. 

Appointed Corporal ; transferred to Co. I 

Jan. 17. 1865. 

Appointed Corporal May 22, 1863; discharged 
Aug. 12, 1.863, near Vicksburg, Miss., on 
Surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Transferred from Co. I Jan. 17. 1865; mustered 
out with company July 24, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. D Jan. 17, 1865; mustered 
out with company July 24, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. D Jan. 17, 1865; mus- 
tered out with company July 24, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. I Jan. 17, 1865; mustered 
out with company July 24, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. I Jan. 17, 1865; mustered 
out with company July 24, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. I Jan. 17, 1865; mustered 
out with company July 24, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. D Jan. 17, 1865; mus- 
tered out with company July 24, 1865.^ 

.'Appointed Musician ; transferred to Co. I 

Jan. 17, 1865. 

Transferred to 15th Co., 2d Battalion Veteran 
Reserve Corps, Aug. 1, 1863. 



Roster Eighty-Third Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 



213 



Names. 



Rank. 



Age. 



Date of 

Entering the 
Service. 



Per- 
iod of 
Ser- 



Remarks. 



Antrim, Martin L. 
Avery, George W. 

Bisdorf, Henry 

Black, Henry 

Bone, Cyrus 



Brown, James C. 
Bruner, John. . . 
Carle, Clark 



Chance, David .... 

Chapen, William . . 
Clawson, Luther M 

Conover, Nathan.. 
Conway, Eli H ... . 



Cook, Isaac 

Cornthwait, David . 



Cownover, Charles W 

Craig, Samuel 

Craig, Henrj' 

Chreighton, James. 

Crets, Francis 



Culton, David . 
Darrah, John. , 



Davison, James . 
Delfel, George. . 



Denhardt, Henry. 
Dickey, George S. 



Dill, Clark 

Dome, George. . . . 

Doran, James 

Drake, Washington 



Dunn. Archibald T . 



Durr, Barnhart . . . 
Earhart, Isaac. . . , 



Eckert, George H . . 
Felleneus, Lawrence 



Fisher, Isaac N . . . . 
Fries, Constantine. 
Fulkerson, John. . . , 

Gephart, Frederick . 



Good, Daniel 

Grafft, Abraham G. 
Hamilton, Joseph F. 
Hartley, George W. 

Henderson, Thomas, 

Hinds, William 

Holmes, Calvin. . . . 



Hopping, Joseph . . . 
Hopping, Luther. . . 
Hughes, John 



Private 
...do. . , 

.do. 
.do. 
.do. 



.do. 
.do. 
.do. 



.do. 



.do. 
.do. 



.do. 
.do. 



.do. 
.do. 



.do. 
.do. 
.do. 

.do. 

.do. 

.do. 
.do. 

.do. 

.do. 



.do. 
.do. 



.do. 



.do. 
.do. 
.do. 



...do. . 



Private 
...do.. 



..do.. 
..do.. 



...do. 
..do. 
..do. 

...do. 



.do. 
.do. 
.do. 
.do. 

.do. 
.do. 
.do. 



.do. 
.do. 
.do. 



30 



Aug. 
Aug. 

Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 

Aug. 
Oct. 
Aug. 



1862 3 vrs, 
1862 3 yrs. 

1802 3 yrs. 
1862 3 yrs. 
1862 3 yrs. 

1862 3 yrs. 
1804 1 yr. 
1862 3 yrs. 



Aug. 12, 1862 3 yrs 



Aug, 
Aug, 



Aug. 
Aug. 



Aug. 
Aug, 



1862 3 vrs, 
1862 3 yrs, 

1862 3 yrs, 
1862 3 yrs, 

1862 3 yrs, 
1862 3 yrs. 



Aug, 
Aug, 
Aug, 

Aug. 

Aug. 

Aug. 
Aug. 

Aug. 

Aug. 

Aug. 
Aug. 

Aug. 

Aug. 

Aug. 
Aug. 



1862 3 
1802 3 
1862 3 

1862 3 

1862 

1862 
1862 



yrs 
yrs 
yrs, 

yrs 

1 yrs, 

> yrs, 
i yrs. 



1862 
1862 



1862 
1862 

1862 



1862 3 yrs, 
1862 3 yrs, 
1862 3 yrs. 



3 yrs, 
3 yrs. 



3 yrs, 
3 yrs, 

3 yrs 



Aug. 14, 1862 



Aug. 
Aug. 



.^ug, 
Aug. 



Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 



1862 
1862 



1862 
1862 



1862 
1862 
1862 



Aug. 7. 1862 



."^ug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 

Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 



1862 
1862 
1862 
1862 



3 yrs. 



3 JTS. 

3 yrs. 



3 yrs, 
3 yrs. 



3 yrs, 
3 yrs, 
3 yrs, 

3 yrs. 



3 yrs. 
3 yrs. 
3 yrs. 
3 yrs. 



1862 3 yrs. 
1862 3 yrs. 

1862 3 yrs. 

, 1862 3 jTTS. 

1863 3 yrs. 
Sept. 3, 1863 3 yrs. 



.Aug. 4 
Oct. 1, 



Transferred to Co. I Jan. 17, 1865. 
Transferred from Co. I Jan. 17, 1805; mustered 

out with company Julv 24, 1865. 
Transferred to Co. I Jan. 17, 1865. 
Died March 4, 1803, at Young's Point, La. 
Transferred from Co. I Jan. 17, 1805; mustered 

out with company July 24, 1865. 

Transferred to Co. I Jan. 17, 1865. 
Transferred from Co. I Jan. 17, 1865; mustered 

out with company July 24, 1865. 
Transferred from Co. I Jan. 17, 1865; mustered 

out with company July 24, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. I Jan. 17, 1865; mustered 
out with company July 24, 1865. 

Died March 9, 1863, on hospital boat Nashville. 

Transferred from Co. D Jan. 17, 1805; mustered 
out with company July 24, 1865. 

Died Oct. 4, 1862, in hospital at Covington, Ky. 

Discharged Sept. 29, 1863, at camp near Car- 
rollton, La., on Surgeon's certificate of dis- 
ability. 

Transferred to Co. I Jan. 17, 1865. 

Transferred to Co. I Jan. 17, 1865. 

Died May 15, 1863, at General Hospital, New 
House of Refuge, St. Louis, Mo. 

Transferred from Co. D Jan. 17, 1865; mus- 
tered out with company July 24, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. D Jan. 17, 1865; mus- 
tered out with company July 24, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. D Jan. 17, 1865; mustered 
out with company July 24, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. I Jan. 17, 1865; mustered 
out with company July 24, 1865. 

Reduced from Corporal ; discharged July 

21, 1863, at Cincinnati, O., on Surgeon's cer- 
tificate of disability. 

Transferred to Co. I Jan. 17, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. I Jan. 17, 1865; mustered 
out with company July 24, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. I Jan. 17, 1805; mustered 
out with companv July 24, 1865. 

Discharged March 18, 1863, at Cairo, 111., on 
Surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Transferred from Co. D Jan. 17, 1865; mus- 
tered out with company July 24, 1865. 

Captured April 8, 1864, at battle of Sabine 
Cross Roads, La.; confined at Tyler, Tex.; 

exchanged ; transferred to Co. I Jan. 17, 

1865. 

Transferred from Co. I Jan. 17, 1865; absent, 
sick at Natchez, Miss., Dec. 29, 1864; no fur- 
ther record found. 

Discharged Sept. 15, 1863, at Camp Dennison, 
O., on Surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Died Dec. 25, 1862, at his home in Butler 
county, O. 

Also borne on rolls as Lawrence Felenas; trans- 
ferred from Co. D Jan. 17, 1805; mustered out 
with company July 24, 1805. 

Transferred to Co. I Jan. 17, 1865. 

Transferred to Co. I Jan. 17, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. I Jan. 17, 1865; mustered 
out with company July 24, 1865. 

Died June 27, 1863, in Hospital at Memphis, 

Tenn., of gunshot wound received , at 

Vicksburg, Miss. 
* 

Transferred to Co. I Jan. 17, 1805. 

Transferred from Co. I Jan. 17. 1805; mustered 
out with company July 24, 1805. 

Died Jan. 27, 1863, at Young's Point, La. 
Discharged March 4, 1863. at St. Louis, Mo , on 

Surgeon's certificate of disability. 
Transferred from Co. D Jan. 17, 1865; mustered 

out with company July 24, 1865. 
Transferred from Co. D Jan. 17, 1865; to Co. A 

4Sth Battalion, July 24, 1865. 
Transferred from Co. I Jan. 17, 1865; to 12th 

Co., 1st Battalion Veteran Reserve Corps, 

July 24, 1865. 



214 



Roster Eighty-Third Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 



Names. 



Rank. 



Age. 



I Par- 
Date of |iod of 
Entering the | Ser- 
Service. vice. 



Remarks. 



Hunt, Henry D. 
Hunt, John 



Igleberger, Martin . . 
Imes, Edwin M . . . . 
Ivins, Samuel 



Jackson, Isaac. 
John, Henry B. 
Judy, Jacob B . 



Kemp, Fernandis B. 
Kind, John 



King, John . . . 
lOein, George. 



Kline, Franklin. . . , 
Lanharr, Jacob 



Leake, Thomas W. . . 
Leidigh, Christian . . . 

Love, Joseph 

McGee, John 



McGee, William F. . . 
McKirmey, Andrew J 

McMurry, Hiram P.. 

Maher, Edward 

Matdx, John 

Marks, Samuel W. . . 

Marks, John 

Markum, John 

Markum, Jeremiali. . 

Martin, William 

Montha, Jacob 

Moore, Ralph D 

Morford, Daniel B.. . 

Nease, Allen W 

Osbom, David L . . . . 

Parish, Joseph S 

Parker, William 

Parse, William W 

Patten, Andrew J — 

Peel, Lawrence 

Peterson, John 



Phares, William D . 

Pope, Thomas 

Post, John 



Pottenger, Granville, 

Price, James 

Price, Samuel 



Private 
...do. . 



Reader, Joseph . 



..do. . 
..do.. 
..do. . 



.do., 
.do., 
.do.. 



...do. 
...do. 



..do. 
..do. 



.do. 
.do. 



.do. 
.do. 
.do. 



.do. 



.do. 
.do. 

.do. 

.do. 

.do. 



.do. 
.do. 



.do. 

.do. 

.do. 

.do. 

.do. 

.do. 

.do. 

.do. 

.do. 
.do. 

.do. 

.do. 

.do. 

.do. 

.do. 
.do. 
.do. 



.do. 
.do. 
.do. 



Aug. 
Aug. 

Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 

Aug. 

Aug. 

Aug. 



Aug. 
Aug. 



Aug. 
Aug. 



Aug. 
Aug. 



1862 3 yrs, 
1862 3 yrs, 

1852 3 yrs, 
1862 3 yrs, 
1862 3 yrs, 

1862 3 yrs, 

1862 3 yrs 

1862 3 



1862 
1862 



1862 
1862 



1862 
1862 



yrs 



3 yrs. 
3 yrs, 

3 yrs. 
3 yrs. 



3 yrs, 
3 yrs. 



Aug. 

Sept. 

Aug. 

Aug. 

Aug. 
Aug. 

Aug. 

Aug. 

Aug. 

Aug. 

Aug. 

Aug. 

Aug. 

Aug. 

Aug. 

Aug. 

Aug. 

Aug. 

Aug. 

Aug. 
Aug. 



1862 3 

1862 3 

1862 3 

1862 3 

1862 
1862 



1862 
1862 
1862 
1862 



1862 
1862 



Aug. 22, 1862 3 yrs 



Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 



24 


Aug. 


21 


50 


Aug. 


22 


25 


Aug. 


15 


22 


Aug. 


21 


19 


Aug. 


16 


22 


Aug. 


22 



yrs. 

yrs. 

yrs. 

yrs. 

yrs. 
yrs. 



yrs. 

3 yrs. 

3 yrs. 

3 yrs. 

3 yrs. 

3 yrs. 

1862 3 yrs. 

1862 3 yrs, 

1862 3 yrs, 

1862 3 yrs, 

1862 3 yrs, 

1862 3 yrs, 

1862 3 yrs, 

1862 3 yrs 
1862 3 yrs 



.do. 



45 



1862 

1862 
1862 
1862 



Aug. 6, 1862 



1862 3 yrs 

1862 3 yrs 

1862 3 yrs 

1862 3 yrs 
1862 3 yrs 



3 yrs 

3 yrs. 
3 yrs. 
3 yrs. 



3 yrs. 



Transferred to Co. I Jan. 17, 1865. 

Died Dec. 21, 1862, in hospital at Memphis, 

Tennessee. 
Transferred to Co. I Jan. 17, 1865. 
Transferred to Co. I Jan. 17, 1865. 
Transferred from Co. I Jan. 17, 1865; mustered 

out with company July 24, 1865. 
Transferred from Co. D Jan. 17, 1865; mustered 

out with company July 24, 1865. 
Transferred from Co. D Jan. 17, 1865; mustered 

out with company July 24, 1865. 
Wounded Jan. 11, 1863, in battle of Arkansas 

Post, Ark.; died March 21, 1863, in hospital 

at St. Louis, Mo. 
Transferred to Co. I Jan. 17, 1865. 
Transferred from Co. D Jan. 17, 1865; mustered 

out with company July 24, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. I Jan. 17, 1865; to 105th 

Co., 2d Battalion Veteran Reserve Corps, 

; mustered out Sept. 11, 1865, at Phila- 
delphia, Pa., on expiration of term of service. 
Discharged Nov. 28, 1863. 

Also borne on rolls as Jacob Lanhart; trans- 
ferred from Co. I Jan. 17, 1865; mustered 

out with company July 24, 1865. 
Transferred from Co. I Jan. 17, 1865; mustered 

out with company July 24, 1865. 
Transferred from Co. I Jan. 17, 1865; mustered 

out with company July 24, 1865. 
Transferred from Co. D Jan. 17, 1865; mustered 

out with company July 24, 1865. 
Transferred from Co. D Jan. 17, 1865; mustered 

out with company July 24, 1865. 
Transferred from Co. D Jan. 17, 1865. 
Reduced from Corporal ; transferred to 

Co. I Jan. 17, 1865. 
Transferred from Co. D Jan. 17, 1865; mustered 

out with company July 24, 1865. 
Transferred from Co. D Jan. 17, 1865; mustered 

out with company July 24, 1865. 
Transferred from Co. I Jan. 17, 1865; mustered 

out with company July 24, 1865. 
Discharged March 14, 1863, at Cincinnati, O., on 

Surgeon's certificate of disability. 
Died Jan. 15, 1863, on hospital boat at mouth 

of White river. Ark. 
Discharged March 14, 1863, at Cincinnati, O., 

on Surgeon's certificate of disability. 
Killed May 22. 1863, in siege of Vicksburg, 

Mississippi. 
Discharged April 14. 1863, at St. Louis, Mo., 

on Surgeon's certificate of disability. 
Transferred to Co. K 17th Regiment Veteran 

Reserve Corps, Oct. 31, 1863. 
Transferred from Co. I Jan. 17, 1865; mustered 

out with company July 24, 1865. 
Transferred from Co. I Jan. 17, 1865; mustered 

out with company July 24, 1865. 
Transferred from Co. D Jan. 17. 1865; mustered 

out with company July 24, 1865. 
Transferred from Co. D Jan. 17, 1865; mustered 

out with company July 24, 1865. 
Died April 10, 1863, at Helena, Ark. 
Discharged March 20, 1863, at St. Louis, Mo., 

on Surgeon's certificate of disability. 
Mustered as private; appointed 1st Sergeant 

Feb. 1, 1864; reduced to ranks Nov. 28, 1864; 

transferred to Co. I Jan. 17, 1865. 
Reduced from Corporal ; transferred to Co. 

I Jan. 17, 1865. 
Transferred from Co. I Jan. 17, 1865; mustered 

out with company July 24, 1865. 
Transferred from Co. D Jan. 17, 1865; mustered 

out with company July 24, 1865. 
Transferred to Co. I Jan. 17, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. I Jan. 17, 1865; mustered 
out with company July 24, 1865. 

Transfrered to Co. 1 Jan. 17, 1865. 

Transferred to Co. I Jan. 17, 1865. 

Discharged Aug. 12, 1863, at camp near Vicks- 
burg, Miss., on Surgeon's certificate of disa- 
bility. 

Transferred from Co. D Jan. 17, 1865; mustered 
out with company July 24. 1865. 



Roster Eighty-Third Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 



215 



Names. 



Regner, Joseph Freder'k 

Reppedo, John G 

Richter, William . . . 
Rogers, William. . . . 

Rooke, William M. . 

Rossman, William. . 

Salyards, David .... 

Schenck, Johnson.. . 
Schenck, Norman. . 

Schmidt, George. . . 
Sherard, William . . . 

Simpson, William A. 

Skillman, John M . . 

Smith, .iVnthony. . . . 

Snively, Jacob A . . . 
Snyder, Charles H.. 
Snyder, Charles W. . 

Snyder, Perr>- H . . . 
Sorber, Milton A. . . 
Sorber, William A . . 
Stephens. George W 

Stickels. WiUiam H . 

Stimpson, Joseph B. 



Tattershall, John. . . 
Thomas, Jacob 

Thompson, William. 
Thompson, Squire. . 
Tucker, Aaron 



Vanansdall, John N. 

Voorhees, Piatt 

Voorhees, Isaac .... 

Voorhees, Ralph — 

Voorhees, John 

Wesco, Jacob 

Wetzel, Francis. . . . 
Wharton, Walter W 

Wharton, John J . . . 

White, Alonzo 

Whittlesey, William M 

Wilcore, Edward 



Williamson, William R, 

Willis, Peter J 

Willis, Robert A 

Witman, Frederick. . . , 



Wright. William H . . 
Yingling, George A . 



Rank. 



Private 

...do... 

..do. 
..do. 

..do. 

..do. 

..do. 

..do. 
..do. 

..do. 
..do. 

..do. 

..do. 

..do. 

..do. 
..do. 
..do. 



..do. 
..do. 
..do. 
..do. 

..do. 

..do. 



..do. 
..do. 

..do. 
..do. 
..do. 



.do. 
.do. 
.do. 



..do. 

..do. 

..do. 
..do. 
..do. 

..do. 

..do. 



.do. 
.do. 



...do. 
...do. 
...do. 
...do. 



..do. 
..do. 



\ge. 



Date of 

Entering the 
Service. 



Aug. 22, 1862 



Aug. 22, 1862 3 yrs. 



Aug. 13, 
Aug. IS, 

Aug. 21 

.\ug. 19 

Oct. 14, 

.\ug. 14 
Aug. 22 

Aug. 22, 
Aug. 9 

.\us. 21, 

Aug. 15 

Aug. S, 

Aug. 14, 
.Vug. 22, 
Aug. 1.5, 



Aug. IS, 
Aug. 13, 
Aug. 14, 
Aug. 22, 



1862 3 yrs. 
1862 3 yrs. 



1862 3 

1862 3 

1864 1 

1862 3 
1862 3 

1862 3 
1862 3 



1862 

1862 

1862 

1862 
1862 
1862 



1862 
1862 
1862 
1862 



Aug. 22, 1862 
Aug. 22. 1862 



Aug. 22, 
Aug. 19, 

Aug. 11, 
Aug. 13, 
Aug. 22, 



Aug. 19, 

Aug. 11, 

Aug. 22, 

Aug. 22, 

Aug. 12, 

-■Vug. 22, 
Aug. 19, 
Aug. 20, 



Per- 
iod of 

Ser- 
vice. 



3 yrs. 



yrs. 
yrs. 

yr. 

yrs. 
yrs. 

yrs. 
yrs. 



Remarks. 



yrs. 

yrs. 

3 yrs. 

3 yrs. 
3 yrs. 
3 yrs. 

3 yrs. 
3 yrs. 
3 yrs. 
3 yrs. 

3 yrs, 

3 yrs. 



1862 3 yrs. 
1862 3 yrs. 

1862 3 yrs. 
1862 3 yrs. 
1862 3 yrs. 

1862 3 yrs. 
1862 3 >TS. 
1862 3 yrs. 
1862 3 yrs, 

1862 3 yrs. 
1862|3 yrs. 



1S62 3 
1862 3 



, 1862 3 yrs, 
, 1864 1 yr. 



Aug. 20 

Aug. 14 

Aug. 13, 1862 3 yrs, 

Aug. 15, 1862 3 yrs. 



Aug. 22, 
Aug. 22, 
Aug. 22, 
Aug. 14, 



Aug. 22 
Aug. 19 



1862 
1862 
1862 
1862 



1862 
1862 



3 yrs, 
3 yrs, 
3 yrs 
3 yrs 



3 yrs 
3 yrs 



Died Jan. 13, 1863, at Arkansas Post, Ark., of 

wounds received Jan. 11. 1863, in battle of 

Arkansas Post, Ark 
Discharged Dec. 5, 1863, at Madison, Ind., on 

Surgeon's certificate of disability. 
Transferred to Co. I Jan. 17, 1865. 
Transferred from Co. I Jan. 17, 1865; mustered 

out with company July 24, 1865. 
Reduced to ranks from Sergeant ; trans- 
ferred to Co. I Jan. 17, 1865. 
Transferred from Co. I Jan. 17, 1865; mustered 

out with company July 24, 1865. 
Transferred from Co. I Jan. 17, 1865; to Co. A, 

48th Battalion, July 24, 1865. 
Transferred to Co. I Jan. 17, 1865. 
Discharged Sept. 26, 1863, at Nashville, Tenu., 

on Surgeon's certificate of disability. 
Transferred to Co. I Jan. 17, 1865. 
Discharged Sept. 1, 1863, at Columbus, O.. on 

Surgeon's certificate of disability. 
Transferred from Co. I Jan. 17. 1865; mustered 

out with company July 24, 1865. 
Transferred from Co. I Jan. 17, 1865; mustered 

out with company July 24, 1865. 
Transferred from Co. D Jan. 17, 1865; mustered 

out with company July 24, 1865. 
Died April 23, 1863, at Milliken's Bend. La. 
Transferred to Co. I Jan. 17, 1865. 
Transferred from Co. I Jan. 17, 1865; dis- 
charged May 17, 1865, at Cincinnati, O., on 

Surgeon's certificate of disability. 
Transferred to Co. I Jan. 17, 1865. 
Transferred to Co. I Jan. 17, 1865. 
Transferred to Co. I Jan. 17, 1865. 
Discharged Jan. 15, 1864, at New Orleans. La., 

on Surgeon's certificate of disability. 
Transferred from Co. I Jan. 17, 1865; mustered 

out with company July 24, 1865. 
Transferred to 163d Co., 2d Battalion Veteran 

Reserve Corps. Jan. 17, 1865; discharged May 

22, 1865, at U. S. General Hospital, New 

Orleans. La., on Surgeon's certificate of dis- 
ability. 
Transferred to Co. I Jan. 17, 1865. 
Died Nov. 12, 1862. at his home in Butler 

county, O. 
Died .'Vpril 20, 1863, at St. Louis, Mo. 
Died May 11, 1863, at Milliken's Bend. La. 
Transferred from Co. I Jan. 17, 1865; absent, 

sick at Cincinnati, O., April 1, 1865; no 

further record found. 
Transferred from Co. D Jan. 17, 1865; killed 

April 9. 1865, in battle of Fort Blakeley, Ala. 
Transferred fro mCo. I Jan. 17, 1865; discharged 

to date July 24, 1865. 
Transferred from Co. I Jan. 17. 1865; mustered 

out with company July 24, 1865. 
Transferred from Co. I Jan. 17, 1865; mustered 

out with company July 24, 1865. 
Transferred from Co. I Jan. 17, 1865; mustered 

out with company July 24, 1865. 
Transferred to Co. I Jan. 17, 1865. 
Transferred to Co. I Jan. 17, 1865. 
Transferred from Co. I Jan. 17. 1865; mustered 

out with company July 24, 1865. 
Transferred from Co. I Jan. 17, 1865; mustered 

out with company July 24, 1865. 
Transferred from Co. I Jan. 17, 1865; to Co. A, 

48th Battalion, July 24. 1865. 
Transferred from Co. I Jan. 17, 1865; mustered 

out with company July 24, 1865. 
Joined companv while a member of Co. K.. 

12th Illinois Cavalry; returned to same May 

30, 1864. at Alexandria, La. 
Transferred to Co. I Jan. 17, 1865. 
Transferred to Co. I Jan. 17, 1865. 

Transferred to Co. G, 20th Regiment Veteran 

Reser\-e Corps, ; mustered out July 6, 

1865, at Wilmington, Del., by order of War 
Department. 

Transferred to Co. I Jan. 17, 1865. 

Discharged June IS, 1863, at Camp Denmson. 
O., on Surgeon's certificate of disability. 



216 



Roster Eighty-Third Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 



Mustered in Sept. 12, 
Cavalry, U. S. A. 



COMPANY H 

1862, at camp in the field, Campbell County, Ky., by R. S. Smith, Lieutenant 2d 
Mustered out July 24, 1865, at Galveston, Tex., by J. L. Baker, 1st Lieutenant 
23d Wisconsin Volunteers, and C. M. 13th Army Corps. 

aW 



Names. 



Rank. 



Age. 



Date of 

Entering the 

Service. 



Per- 
iod of 
Ser- 
vice. 



Remarks. 



Francis M. Leflar. 



John R. Phillips. 

Jerome B. Ebert. 
George Kerr .... 



Archie Young 

John B. Mitchel 



JediahHill.... 
Stacy Daniels. 



John A. Wetmore . 



John F. Kumler 

Charles B. Palmer. . . 
George A. Archibald . 



David Thomson . . . . 
Jacob C. Strobridge, 

James W. C. Smith. 



Augustus F. Hine. . , 

Perry Wilson 

Chnton W. Gerrard 

Eli Earhart 

Stephen M. Price. . . 
Joseph Richter 



Francis M. Harter. 



John M. Morin. . . 
John K. Hancock.. 
Jonas Foster 

Erastus M. Martin 



Francis M. Jackson 

Isaac Revellee 

Henry Yeakle 

Francis McGregor. 
Oliver H. Gerrard . 
John Mclnemey . . 
Elliott D. Huston. 
Pingree Riker 



Captain 



.do. 



1st Lieut. 
....do. . . 



.do. 
.do. 



2d Lieut, 
....do. . . 



1st Sergt 

....do. .. 

....do... 
Sergeant 

....do. . . 
....do. . . 

....do... 

....do... 
....do. .. 
Sergeant 
....do... 



.do., 
.do. . 



Corporal 



.do. 

.do., 

.do. 

.do. 



.do. 
.do. 
.do. 
.do. 
.do. 
.do. 
.do. 
.do. 



26 



35 



July 23. 1862 



July 8, 1862 



Aug. 9, 
Aug. 9, 



Aug. 2, 
Aug. 11, 



Aug. 9, 
Sept. 12, 



1862 
1862 



1862 
1862 



1862 
1862 



July 28. 1862 

Aug. 19, 1862 

Aug. 5, 1862 
Aug. 20, 1862 



Aug. 21, 1862 
Aug. 19, 1862 

Aug. 21, 1862 



Aug. 15, 1862 
Aug. 21, 1862 
Aug. 9, 1862 
Aug. 8, 1862 
Aug. 21, 1862 
Aug. S, 1862 

Aug. 21, 1862 



Aug 21, 1862 
Aug. 16, 1862 
Aug. 13, 1862 

Aug. 21, 1862 



Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 



20, 1862 

21, 1862 
15, 1862 

9, 1862 
9, 1862 

22, 1862 

15, 1862 

16, 1862 



3 yrs 



3 yrs. 



3 yrs. 
3 yrs, 



3 yrs, 
3 yrs. 



3 yrs 
3 yrs 



3 yrs 

3 yrs 

3 yrs 
3 yrs 



3 yrs 
3 yrs 

3 yrs 



3 yrs 
3 yrs 
3 yrs 
3 yrs 
3 yrs 
3 yrs 

3 yrs. 



3 yrs. 
3 yrs. 
3 yrs. 

3 yrs. 



3 yrs 
3 yrs 
3 yrs 
3 yrs 
3 yrs 
3 yrs, 
3 yrs, 
3 yrs. 



Appointed 1st Lieutenant July 25, 1862; pro- 
moted to Captain Aug. 19, 1862; transferred 
to Co. A Jan. 17, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. E Jan. 17, 1865; mustered 
out with company July 24, 1865. 

Resigned June 13, 1863. 

Promoted from Sergt. Major June 17, 1864, to 
date April 11, 1864; transferred to Co. A Jan. 
17, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. F Jan. 17, 1865; appointed 
Adjutant April 27, 1865. 

Transferred from 1st Lieutenjint and Adjutant 
April 27, 1865; mustered out with company 
July 24, 1865. 

Died March 17, 1863. 

Promoted from Q. M. Sergeant April 13, 1863; 
to 1st Lieutenant and Regt. Quartermaster 
Feb. 18, 1864. 

Transferred from Co. C Sept. 12, 1862, as pri- 
vate; appointed 1st Sergeant ; died May 

26, 1S63, at Vicksburg, Miss., of wounds 
received May 22, 1863, in action. 

Transferred from Co. G as Corporal ; ap- 
pointed 1st Sergeant Feb. 1, 1864; transferred 
to Co. A, Battalion, Jan. 17, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. E Jan. 17, 1865; mus- 
tered out with company July 24, 1865. 

Transferred to Co. H, 7th Regi nent Veteran 

Reserve Corps, ; mustered out June 29, 

1865, at Washington, D. C, by order of War 
Department. 

Died Jan. 22, 1863, at Milliken's Bend, La. 

Died March 17, 1863, on hospital boat Nash- 
ville. 

Transferred from Co. G as private and ap- 
pointed Sergeant Feb. 1, 1863; promoted to 
2d Lieutenant Co. G Feb. 22, 1863. 

Reduced from 1st Sergeant ; transferred 

to Co. A Jan. 17, 1865. 

Appointed from Corporal May 1, 1864; trans- 
ferred to Co. A Jan. 17, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. E Jan. 17, 1865; mus- 
tered out with comapny July 24, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. E Jan. 17, 1865; mus- 
tered out with company July 24, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. E Jan. 17. 1865; mustered 
out with company July 24, 1865. 

:\lso borne on rolls as Joseph Rickter; trans- 
ferred from Co. F Jan. 17, 1865; mustered 
out with company July 24, 1865. 

Also borne on rolls as Francis M. Horton; 
captured Nov. 3, 1863, at battle of Grand 
Coteau, La.; confined at Alexandria, La.; 
exchanged Dec. 25, 1863; transferred to Co. 
A Jan. 17, 1865. 



Discharged July 26, 1863, at Vicksburg, Miss.. 

on Surgeon's certificate of disability. 
Appointed Corporal Nov. 8, 1862; died April 

17, 1863, on hospital boat D. A. January, 

near Vicksburg, Miss. 
Appointed Corporal April 1, 1863; transferred 

to Co. A Jan. 17, 1865. 
Appointed Corporal May 1, 1864; transferred 

to Co. A Jan. 17, 1865. 
Appointed Corporal May 1, 1864; transferred 

to Co. A Jan. 17, 1865. 
Transferred from Co. E Jan. 17, 1865; mustered 

out with company July 24, 1865. 
Transferred from Co. E Jan. 17, 1865; mustered 

out with company July 24, 1865. 
Transferred from Co. F Jan. 17, 1865; mustered 

out with company July 24, 1865. 
Transferred from Co. F Jan. 17, 1865; mustered 

out with company July 24, 1865. 
Transferred from Co. E Jan. 17, 1865;rmustered 

out with company July 24, 1865. 



Roster Eighty-Thiiid Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 



217 



Names. 



Rank. 



Age. 



Date of 

Entering the 

Service. 



Per- 
iod of 
Ser- 
vice. 



Remarks. 



Joseph Burgoyne 

Charles W. Kratzer. . . 
Furman Mosteller . . . . 



John W. Scott 

Lewis Boyer 

Garrett Coonse 



Robert Dawson 

Adams, Asbury 

Adams, Joseph E 

Applegate, Richard J 
Arnold, Clarence E. . , 
Ashcraft, James 

Atter, Thomas 

Backer, Edward 

Bailey, George O 

Barrett, Alfred 

Baughman, Jonas. . . 



Corporal 

,...do. . . 
...do. . . 



Musician 
....do. . . 



Bennett, Jerome B . . , 

Bird, William A 

Bonnell, William .... 
Bowen, William E. . . 



Bowen, Joseph. 
Brick, John.. . . 



Brittigan, James . 
Bunnell, Levi A. 



Bunell, James S. 
Burke, Michael . 
Burke, James . . . 



Carter, John H.. , 

Clark, John 

Coleman, Daniel . 



Cornelius, Parshall W. 

Costello, Walter 

Crecraft, Randolph. . . 

Crider, William 

Daniels, Stacy 

Danner, John M 

Davis, William 

Donahue, Michael W . 

Dunn, Alonzo 

Dunn, Archibald 

Ebly, Martin 



Elliott, Isaac C 

Evans, Thomas 

Fisher, Thomas C 

Fisher, Abner E 



....do.. . 

Wagoner 

Private 

....do. . . 



, ..do. 
, ..do. 
..do. 



....do. 

....do. 

....do. 

....do. 
....do. 



...do. 

...do. 
..do. 
..do. 



...do.. . 
...do. .. 



...do. . 
...do. . 

...do.. 

Private 

...do. . 



.do. 

.do. 
.do. 

.do. 

.do. 
.do. 

.do. 

.do. 
.do. 
.do. 
.do. 

.do. 

.do. 
.do. 



.do. 
.do. 
.do. 
.do. 



Aug. 14, 
Aug. 21, 
Aug. 8. 



Aug. 1, 
Aug. 14, 



1862 
1862 
1862 



3 yrs, 
3 yrs. 
3 yrs. 



1862 3 
1862 3 



Aug. 22, 1862 3 yrs 



Aug. 19, 
Feb. 24, 
Aug. 2, 

Aug. 19, 
July 28, 
Aug. 20, 

Aug. 12 

Aug. 22 

Aug. 12 



1862 
1S64 
1862 

1862 
1802 
1862 

1862 

1862 

1862 



1 yrs. 
i yrs, 
; yrs, 

3 yrs, 
3 yrs, 
3 yrs 

3 yrs 

3 yrs 

3 yrs 

3 vrs 

Aug. 21. 1862 3 yrs 

Aug. 19, 1862 3 yrs 



— 1862 



July 21 
Aug. 18, 
Aug. 6, 



Aug. 16, 

Aug. 4, 

Feb. 5, 
Aug. 18, 

Aug. 18, 

Aug. 6, 



1862 3 yrs 
1862 3 yrs 
1862 3 yrs 



1862 3 yrs. 

1862 3 yrs. 

1864 3 yrs. 
1862 3 yrs. 

1862 3 yrs 

yrs 



1862 3 
23 Aug. 15, 1862 3 



Aug. 21, 1862 3 yrs 



Aug. 6, 
Aug. 20, 



Aug. 6, 1862 



1862 
1864 



Aug. 1.5 
Feb. 6 



Aug. 22, 1862 



1862 3 
1862 3 



Sept. 12 
Feb. 18 
Nov. 4 
July 29 



1862 
1864 
1863 
1862 



Aug. 11. 1862 3 yrs 

1862 3 yrs 
1862 3 yrs 

1864 3 yrs 

, 1862 3 yrs 

, 1863 3 yrs 

. 1863 3 yrs 



Aug. 14 
Aug. 30 

Feb. 14 

Aug. 11 

Nov. 6 

Nov. 5 



yrs. 



yrs. 
yrs. 



3 yrs. 

yrs. 
yrs. 

3 yrs. 

3 yrs, 
3 yrs, 
3 yrs, 
3 yrs 



Transferred from Co. E Jan. 17, 1865; mustered 
out with company July 24. 1865. 

Transferred from Co. E Jan. 17. 1865; mustered 
out with company July 24. 1805. 

Transferred from Co. E Jan. 17, 1865; mus- 
tered out with company July 24, 1865. as 
Firman S. Mossteller 

Tranferred to Co. A Jan. 17. 1865. 

Killed May 21. 1803. in action at Vicksburg, 
Mississippi. 

Transferred from Co. E Jan. 17. 1865; mus- 
tered out with company July 24. 1865. 

Transferred to Co. A Jan. 17. 1865. 

Transferred to Co. A Jan. 17, 1865. 

Discharged Oct. 31, 1864, at INIorganza, La., on 
Surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Transferred to Co. A Jan. 17, 1865. 

Discharged Jan. 7, 1863, at Young's Point, La., 
on Surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Transferred from Co. E Jan. 17, 1865; mus- 
tered out with company July 24. 1865. 

Transferred from Co. F Jan. 17, 1865; mus- 
tered out with company July 24, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. E Jan. 17, 1865; mus- 
tered out with company July 24, 1865. 

See A. P. Barrett, Co. I. 

Transferred from Co. E Jan. 17, 1865; mus- 
tered out with company July 24, 1865. 

Reduced from Sergeant ; transferred to 

Co. A Jan. 17, 1865. 

See William Bird, Co. A. 

Died Feb. 22. 1863. at VicksburK, Miss. 

Captured Nov. 3. 1863. at battle of Grand 
Coteau, La.; confined at Alexandria. La.; 
exchanged Dec. 25. 1863; transferred to Co. 
AJan.l7, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. E Jan. 17, 1865; mus- 
tered out with company July 24, 1865. 

Died Jan. 13, 1863, on hospital boat D. A. 
January-, of wounds received in action. 

Transferred from Co. F Jan. 17. 1805. 

Discharged Sept. 24. 1863, at Carrollton, La., 
on Surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Died April 20, 1863, on hospital boat D. A. 
January. 

Transferred from Co. F Jan. 17, 1865; mustered 
out with company July 24, 1865. 

Captured Nov. 3, 1863, at battle of Grand 
Coteau, La.; confined at Alexandria, La.; 
exchanged Dec. 25, 1803; captured April 8, 
1864, at battle of Sabine Cross Roads, La.; 
exchanged Dec. 14, 1864; transferred to Co. 
A Jan. 17, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. E Jan. 17, 1865; mustered 
out with company July 24, 1865. 

Transferred to Co. A Jan. 17, 1865. 

Reduced from Corporal ; transferred to 

Co. A Jan. 17, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. E Jan. 17, 1865; musfcered 
out with company July 24, 1865. 

Transferred to Co. I Oct. 31, 1862. 

Transferred from Co. F Jan. 17, 1865; to Co. A 
48th Battalion, July, 24 1865. 

Transferred from Co. F Jan. 17, 1865; mustered 
out with company July 24, 1865. 

Promoted to Q. M. Sergeant Sept. 12, 1862. 

Transferred to Co. A Jan. 17, 1865. 

Transferred to Co. A Jan. 17. 1865. 

Discharged Jan. 16. 1864. at New Orleans. La., 
on Surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Transferred from Co. E Jan. 17, 1865; mustered 

out with company July 24, 1865. 
See Archibald T. Dunn, Co. I. 
Died Oct. 5, 1863, in U. S. Marine Hospital, 

New Orleans. La. 
Transferred from Co. E Jan. 17. 1865; to Co. 

A, 48th Battalion, July 24, 1865. 
Died Oct. 3, 1802, in Mansion St. Hospital, 

Covington, Ky. 
Transferred from Co. F Jan. 17. 1865; to Co. A, 

4Sth Battalion, July 24, 1865. 
Transferred from Co. F Jan. 17, 1865; to Co. A, 
4Sth Battalion, July 24, 1865, while a prisoner 
of war. 



218 



Roster Eighty-Third Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 



Names. 



Rank. 



Age 



Date of 

Entering the 

Service. 



Per 
iod of 
Ser- 
vice. 



Remarks. 



Ford, Patrick. . . . 
Fortney, Peter R. 



Foster, Luke. . 
Fream, Aaron. 



Fuchs, Henry 

Gargus, Andrew J . . 

Garlin, Edward J . . . 
Gipford , Casper .... 

Goodwin, David J. . 
Goodwin, Andrew J. 
Goshorn, Zachary T 

Gray, James H 

Green, William 

Grooms, Alexander. 

Hall, John 



Hall, William H., 



Harris, Noah. . . 
Harrison, Fibas . 



Harper, Jeremiah. . . 
Havens, Thomas. . . 
Hedding, Wesley B . 

Helmkamp, Joseph. 

Holford, George T.. 

Johnson, Holly 

Jones, Marion 

Keeler, John M . . . . 

Keen, William , 

Kerns, Lewis 

Kersner. WiUiam L. , 
KUck, Jacob 



Krumer, William. . . . 

Larue, David F 

Lodwell, Timothy. . . 
Logan, John A 

Long, Edward 

Lysher, Benjamin. . . 

Lytle, John H 

Lyttleton, George W. 

McCuUough, Bryan.. 
McDonald, Patrick. . 
McGinnis, Martin. . . 

McQuillen, Bryan . . . 



Manix, John 

Marsh, Christian. . . , 

Martin, William S. . , 

Martin, Edward 



Private 
...do. . 



.do. 



...do.. 
...do. . 
...do. . 



...do. . 
. ..do. . 

. ..do. . 
...do.. 
...do.. 



.do. 



..do. 
..do. 



.do. 



...do. 



.do. 
.do. 



.do. 
.do. 
.do. 

.do. 

.do. 

.do. 
.do. 

.do. 

.do. 
.do. 

.do. 
.do. 

.do. 

.do. 

.do. 
.do. 

.do. 
.do., 

.do. , 

.do. , 

.do. , 
.do. , 
.do. , 

.do. , 



.do. 
.do. 



.do. 
.do. 



20 



33 



18 
26 
32 

23 

18 

17 
IS 

20 

I IS 
! 33 

i 

ris' 

21 

44 

44 
16 

20 
29 

40 

24 

42 

18 
29 

43 



Aug. 18 
Aug. 9 



Oct. 31 
Aug. 13 



, 1862 
, 1862 

, 1863 
, 1862 

. 1862 



3 yrs 
3 yrs 

3 yrs 

3 yrs, 

3 yrs. 



Aug. 22, 

Aug. 14, 1862 3 yrs. 



Aug. 15 
Aug. 22 

Aug. 5 
Tune 9 
Feb. 6, 



1862 3 yrs, 

1862 3 yrs. 

1862'3 yrs. 

1863 3 yrs. 
1864 i3 yrs. 



Aug. 16, 186213 yrs. 



Aug. 22, 
July 19, 



1862 3 yrs. 
1862 3 yrs, 

1862 3 yrs. 



Aug. 21, 1862 3 yrs 



July 17 
July 17, 



1862 3 yrs. 
1862 3 yrs. 



Aug. 13, 1862 3 yrs 
Aug. 20 
Aug. 22 



, 1862 3 
, 1862 3 



Aug. 12 

Aug. 22 

July 28 
Jan. 27 



1862 3 

1862 3 

1862 
1865 



Aug. 8, 1862 



Sept. 20 
July 27 

Au?. 9, 
Aug. 13 

Aug. 8, 

Aug. 22, 

Aug. 20, 

Aug. 7, 

Sept. 7, 
Nov. 12, 

July 30, 

Mch.31, 

Aug. 13, 
Aug. 21, 
Aug. 9, 



.1864 
,1862 

,1862 
,1862 

, 1862 

.1862 

1862 
1862 

1862 
1862 

1862 

1864 



1S62 



1862 



Aug. 13, 1862 3 yrs 



Aug. 18, 
Aug. 12, 



Aug. 21, 
Aug. 13, 



1862 
1862 



1862 
1862 



yrs 
yrs 
yrs 

yr. 



3 yrs. 

1 yr. 
3 yrs. 

3 yrs. 
3 yrs. 

3 yrs. 

3 yrs. 

3 yrs. 
3 yrs. 

3 yrs. 
3 yrs. 

12 3 yrs. 

3 yrs. 



3 yrs. 
-„j2 3 yrs. 
1862 3 yrs. 



3 yrs. 
3 yrs. 

3 yrs. 

3 yrs. 



Transferred from Co. E Jan. 17, 1865; mustered 

out with company July 24, 1865. 
Transferred to Co. A Jan. 17. 1865. 
Died March 7, 1863, in hospital at Young's 

Point, La. 
Transferred from Co. F Jan. 17, 1865; mustered 

out with company July 24, 1865. 
Died June 25, 1863, in hospital at Jefferson 

Barracks, St. Louis, Mo. 
Transferred to Co. A Jan. 17. 1865. 
Transferred from Co. E Jan. 17, 1865; mustered 

out with company July 24, 1865. 

Transferred to Co. A Jan. 17, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. E Jan. 17, 1865; to Co. 
A, 48th Battalion. July 24, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. E Jan. 17, 1865; mustered 
out with company July 24, 1865. 

See Co. K. 

Transferred from Co. E Jan. 17, 1866; mustered 
out with company July 24, 1865. 

Discharged April 18, 1864, at Barracks U. S. 
General Hospital, New Orleans, La., on Sur- 
geon's certificate of disability; died May 23, 
1864, in hospital at Cairo, 111. 

Died Jan. 26. 1863, on hospital boat D. A. Janu- 
ary, near St. Louis, Mo., of wounds. 

Discharged Jan. 6, 1864, at New Orleans, La., 
on Surgeon's certificate of disability, as 
Fidus Harmon. 

Transferred from Co. E Jan. 17, 1865; mustered 
out with company wjuly 24, 1865. 

Died Feb. 14. 1863, at Jefferson Barracks, St. 
Louis, Mo. 

Transferred from Co. I ; captured Nov. 3, 

1863, at battle of Grand Coteau, La.; con- 
fined at Alexandria, La.; exchanged Dec. 25, 
1863; transferred to Co. A Jan. 17, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. E Jan. 17, 1865; mustered 
out with company July 24, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. F Jan. 17, 1865; mustered 
out with company July 24, 1865. 

Transferred to Co. A, Jan. 17, 1865. 

Transferred to Co. A, 48th Battalion. July 24, 
1865. 

Transferred from Co. E Jan. 17, 1865; mustered 
out with company July 24, 1865. 

Transferred to Co. A Jan. 17. 1865. 

Transferred from Co. E Jan. 17, 1865; mustered 
out with company July 24, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. E Jan. 17, 1865; mustered 

out with company July 24, 1865. 
Transferred from Co. F Jan. 17, 1865; mustered 

out with company July 24, 1865. 
Discharged June 14, 1864, at New Orleans, La., 

on Surgeon's certificate of disabiUty. 
Died March 25, 1863, at Milliken's Bend, La. 
Transferred from Co. F Jan. 17, 1865; mustered 

out with company July 24, 1865. 
Transferred to Co. B Oct. 31, 1862. 
Mustered out Oct. 4, 1865, at Benton Barracks, 

Mo.; see Co. A, 48th Battalion. 
Discharged Sept. 10, 1863, at Carrollton, La., 

on Surgeon's certificate of disability. 
Transferred from Co. F Jan. 17, 1865; to Co. 

A. 48th Battalion, July 24, 1865. 
Sec Bryan McQuillen. 
Transferred to Co. A Jan. 17, 1865. 
Transferred from Co. E Jan. 17, 1865; mustered 

out with company July 24, 1865. 
Enrolled as Bryan McCullough; transferred to 

Co. D. 15th Regiment Veteran Reserve Corps, 

Dec 22. 1864. 
See John Manix, Co. I. 
Discharged June 22, 1863, at Vicksburg, Miss., 

on Surgeon's certificate of disability. 
Reduced from Corporal ; transferred to 

Co. A Jan. 17. 1865. 
Transferred to Co. E Nov. 1, 1862; from Co. E 

Jan. 17, 1865; mustered out with company 

July 24, 1865. 



Roster Eighty-Third Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 



219 



Names. 



Rank. 



Age. 



Date of 

Entering the 
Service. 



Per- 
iod of 
Ser- 



Remarks. 



Miller, James S . 



Moor, Martin. . . 
Myers. Stephen . 
Newhall, David . 
Parker, James. . . 



Patmor, Francis R. 



Pegg, David 

Pendry, Elmore . . , 
Pitcher, William. . 

Popp, George .... 



Post, Hiram . . . . 
Pryor, William . . 



Rail, James 

Ramsey. David . 
Rednig, Michael. 
Revillee, Joseph. 
Rieck, William. . 



Riker, Mahlon. . . 
Ritter, Francis C . 



Robins, Jeremiah. 

Roe, James T 

Rudolph, Joseph . . 

Schuler, John 

Scnider, Lewis . . . . 

Sharp, John 

Shaw, Charles G . . 

Shelhouse, Jacob . 



Shelhouse, George W 

Sberard, Samuel 

Short, John W 



Simpson, George. 
Smith, Daniel. . . . 
Smith. Charles F. 



Smith, Jesse 

Spivey, George R. . 
Stanley, George W . 

Stevens, Albert 

Stevens, James M . . 
Stewart, John W. . 
Stickles, Joseph . . 



Straub, Jacob. . . . 

Swain, John 

Sweeney, George. 



Private 



. .do. . 
. .do. . 
..do. . 
. .do. . 



.do. 



...do. . 
...do.. 



.do. 



.do. 
.do. 

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.do. 
.do. 
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.do. 



.do. 
.do. 



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.do. 
.do. 
.do. 
.do. 
.do. 
.do. 
.do. 

.do. 
.do. 
.do. 



18 



27 



Aug. 8, 1862 3 yrs 



Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 



1862 3 yrs 
1862 3 yrs 



1862 
1862 



Aug. 8. 1862 



Feb. 6, 1864 



Feb. 
Aug. 



1,864 
1862 



Aug. 21, 1862 



3 yrs. 
3 yrs. 

3 yrs. 



3 yrs. 

3 yrs. 
3 yrs. 

3 yrs. 




, 1862 3 yrs 



Aug 
Sept 
Feb. 
July 
Nov, 
Aug. 



1862 
1862 
1864 
1862 
1863 
1862 



Aug. 13, 1862 3 yrs, 



Aug. 

Aug. 

Aug. 

Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 

Aug. 
."^ug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 



Aug. 
July 
Aug. 



1862 
1862 
1862 



3 yrs 

3 yrs, 
3 yrs, 
3 yrs, 
3 yrs, 
3 yrs. 



3 yrs, 
3 yrs 
3 yrs 



1862 3 yrs 
1862 3 yrs 
1862 13 yrs 



12, 1862 3 yrs, 
11, 1862; 3 yrs, 

4, 

9, 

7, 



1862 3 yrs, 

i 
1862 1 3 yrs 

1862 3 yrs 

1862 3 yrs 

I 
1862 3 yrs 

I 

! 

1862 3 yrs 

1862 3 yrs 

I 
1862 3 yrs 



Transferred from Co. E Jan. 17, 1865; mustered 
out with company July 24, 1865. 



Transferred to Co. .\ Jan. 17, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. F Jan. 17, 1865; mustered 
out with company July 24, 1865. 

Also borne on rolls as Francis R. Palmer, died 
April 22, 1865, at Sedgewick General Hospital, 
Greenville, La., of wounds received in action. 

Transferred from Co. E Jan. 17. 1865; to Co. 
\, 48th Battalion, July 24. 1865. 

Transferred to Co. A Jan. 17, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. E Jan. 17, 1865; mustered 
out with company July 24, 1865. 

Reduced from Corporal ; captured i^pril 8, 

1864, in battle of Sabine Cross Roads, La.; 
returned to companv Dec. 12, 1864; trans- 
ferred to Co. A Jan. 17, 1865. 

Transferred to Co. A Jan. 17, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. E Jan. 17, 1865; mustered 
out with company July 24, 1865. 

Transferred to Co. A Jan. 17. 1865. 

Died May 19, 1863, at Milliken's Bend, La. 

Transferred to Co. E Nov. 8, 1862; from Co. E 
Jan. 17, 1865; mustered out with company 
July 24, 1865. 

Transferred to Co. A, 48th Battalion, July 24, 
1865. 

Transferred from Co. E Jan. 17, 1865; wounded 
April 9, 1865, in battle of Fort Blakeley, 
Ala.; discharged Nov. 21, 1865, at Marine U. 
S. General Hospital, Cincinnati, O., on Sur- 
geon's certificate of disability. 

Transferred to Co. A Jan. 17, 1865. 

Promoted to Sergt. Major Sept. 12, 1862. 

Transferred to Co. A Jan. 17, 1865. 

Died Sept. 24, 1862, at Newport, Ky. 

Transferred to Co. A Jan. 17. 1865. 

Transferred from Co.F Jan. 17, 1865; mustered 
out with company July 24, 1865. 

Appointed Corporal ; captured Nov. 3, 

1863, at battle of Grand Coteau, La.; confined 
at Alexandria, La.; exchanged Dec. 25, 1863; 
reduced from Corporal at his own request 
Sept. 1, 1864; transferred to Co. A Jan. 17, 
1865. 

Discharged Sept. 24, 1863, at CarroUton, La., 
on Surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Discharged Nov. 21, 1863, at St. Louis, Mo., on 
Surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Transterred from Co. E Jan. 17, 1865; mus- 
tered out with company July 24, 1865. 

See Sergeant George Simpson, Co. I. 

Transferred from Co. E May 22, 1863; mus- 
tered out June 27, 1865, at Camp Dennison, 
O.; see Co. A. 

Transferred from Co. E Jan. 17, 1865; mus- 
tered out with company July 24, 1865. 

Appointed Corporal May 1, 1864; reduced Oct. 
11, 1864; transferred to Co. A Jan. 17, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. F Jan. 17. 1865; mus- 
tered out with company July 24, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. F Jan. 17. 1865; mus- 
tered out with company July 24, 1865. 

Discharged March 11, 1865, at Barrancas, Fla., 
on Surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Transferred from Co. E Jan. 17. 1865; mus- 
tered out with company July 24, 1865. 

Mustered as private; captured Nov. 3, 1863, at 
battle of Grand Coteau, La.; confined at 
Alexandria, La.; exchanged Dec. 25, 1863; 
appointed Sergeant Sept. 1, 1864; reduced Oct. 
11. 1864; tran.sferred to Co. A Jan. 17, 1865. 

Discharged July 10. 1864, on Surgeon's cer- 
tificate of disability. 

Died May 25, 1863, on hospital boat Nash- 
ville. 

Transferred from Co. F Jan. 17, 1865; mus- 
tered out with company July 24, 1865. 



220 



Roster Eighty-Third Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 



Names. 



Rank. 



Age. 



Date of 

Entering the 

Service. 



Per- 
iod of 
Ser- 



Remarks. 



Swihart, George. . 

Swihart, Eli 

Swihart, Joel 

Talbert, Dennis . . 
Thompson, William F 
Thompson, Andrew J 
Thompson, Samuel. 

Tracy, Elias 

Traynor, Michael T 

Trewitt, William . . . 

Voorhees, Isaac .... 
Warren, Ezra M 

Whallon, Jacob 

Wheelright, Jesse. . . 



Whittlesey, Benjamin 
Williamson, Peter O. 

Wintersteen, Samuel S 
Yoitng, Henry 



Zickefoose, Henry . . . 
Zickefoose, Elias 



.do. 
.do. 



.do. 

.do. 
.do. 
.do. 
.do. 

.do. 



.do. 
.do. 



.do. 
.do. 



.do. 
.do. 



.do. 
.do. 



.do. 
.do. 



.do. 
.do. 



Aug. 21, 

Aug. 21, 

Aug. 21. 

Aug. 20, 
Aug. 22. 
Sept. 21, 
Aug. 30, 

Aug. 18. 

.\ug. 8, 

Aug. 21. 

Aug. 21, 
Aug. 22, 
.\ug. 20, 



Aug. 22, 
Aug. 16, 

Aug. 21, 
Aug. 9, 

Aug. 21, 

Aug. 21, 



1862 

1S62 

1862 

1862 
1862 
1864 
1862 

1862 

1862 

1862 

1862 
1862 

1862 

1862 



1862 3 
1862 3 



1862 
1862 



1862 
1862 



yrs. 
yrs. 

yrs. 

yrs. 
yrs. 
yr. 
yrs. 

yrs. 

yrs. 

yrs. 

yrs. 
yrs. 

yrs. 

yrs. 



yrs. 
yrs. 



yrs 
yrs 



Transferred from Co. E Jan. 17, 1865; mus- 
tered out with company July 24, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. E Jan. 17, 1865; mus- 
terei out with company July 24, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. E Jan. 17. 1865; mus- 
tered out with company July 24, 1865. 

Transferred to Co. I Oct. 31. 1862. 

Transferred to Co. A Jan. 17, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. E Jan. 17, 1865; mus- 
tered out with company July 24, 1865. 

Discharged June 6, 1863, at St. Louis, Mo., on 
Surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Transferred from Co. E Jan. 17, 1865; mus- 
tered out with company July 24, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. E Jan. 17, 1865; mus- 
tered out with company July 24, 1865. 

See Isaac Voorhees, Co. I. 

Transferred from Co. E Jan. 17, 1865; mus- 
tered out with company July 24, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. E Jan. 17, 1865; mus- 
tered out with company July 24, 1865. 

Captured Nov. 3, 1863, at battle of Grand 
Coteau, La.; confined at Alexandria, La.; 
exchanged Dec. 25, 1863; transferred to Co. 
A Jan. 17, 1865. 

See B.enjamin Whittlesey, Co. I. 

Transferred from Co. E Jan. 17, 1865; mus- 
tered out with company July 24. 1865. 

.Transferred to Co. A Jan. 17. 1865. 

.Transferred from Co. F Jan. 17, 1865; mus- 
tered out with company July 24. 1865. 

Transferred from Co. E Jan. 17, 1865; mus- 
tered out with company July 24 , 1865. 

Transferred from Co. E Jan. 17, 1865; died 
March 12, 1865, in hospital at Natchez, Miss. 



COMPANY I 

Mustered in Sept. 11, 1862, at camp in the field, Campbell County, Ky., by R. S. Smith, Lieutenant 2d 
Cavalry, U. S. A. Mustered out July 24, 1865, at Galveston, Tex., by J. L. Baker, 1st Lieutenant 
23d Wisconsin Volunteers-, and C. M. 13th Army Corps. 













Per- 










Date of 


iod of 




Names. 


Rank. 


Age. 


Entering the 
Service. 


Ser- 
vice. 


Remarks. 


Joseph B. Gorsuch 


Captain 


21 


Aug. 


19. 1862 


3 yrs. 


Transferred to Co. D March 26. 1864. 


James P. Cummins. . . . 


....do. .. 


37 


Aug. 


19, 1862 


3 yrs. 


Promoted from 1st Lieutenant to date Feb. 13. 
1864; transferred to Co. G Jan. 17. 1865. 




do. . . 


?1 


Aug. 


19, 1862 


3 yrs. 


Transferred from Co. G Jan. 17, 1865; mus- 
tered out with company July 24, 1865. 










Samuel G. Kile 


1st Lieut. 


21 


Aug. 


8, 1862 


3 yrs. 


Promoted from 1st Sergeant Co. F Feb. IS, 1864; 
to Co. F May 9, 1864. 


John B. Mitchel 


....do. . . 


24 


Aug. 


11,1862 


3 yrs. 


Transferred from 1st Lieutenant and Adju- 














tant July 13, 1864; to 1st Lieutenant and 














Adjutant Nov. 17, 1864. 


James T. De Mar 


....do.. . 


28 


Aug. 


8, 1862 


3 yrs. 


Transferred from Co. B Jan. 17. 1865; mus- 
tered out with company July 24, 1865. 


.Alfred Sheafor 


2d Lieut. 


28 


Aug. 


11,1862 


3 yrs. 




Joseph W. Harris 


1st Sergt. 


23 


Aug. 


22, 1862 


3 yrs. 


Appointed from Sergeant ; mustered out 

with company July 24, 1865. 


George Simpson 


Sergeant 


23 


Aug. 


15, 1862 


3 yrs. 


Appointed Sept. 11, 1862; transferred to 43d 
Co. 2d Battalion Veteran Reserve Corps, 
Aug. 31, 1863; also borne on rolls as George 






1 






A. Simpson. 


Richard M. Skillman . . 


....do. . . 


28 


Aug. 


22, 1862 


3 yrs. 


Appointed Sept. 11, 1862; died May 9, 1863, at 
Middletown, O. 


Jonathan C. Steward . . 


....do. . . 


24 


Aug. 


15, 1862 


3 yrs. 


Appointed from Corporal May 1, 1863; trans- 
ferred to Co. G Jan. 17, 1865. 


Elisha G. Lessourd .... 


....do. . . 


20 


Aug. 


12. 1862 


3 yrs. 


Appointed from Corporal Dec. 8, 1863; trans- 
ferred to Co. G Jan. 17. 1865. 


William M. Voorhees. . 


....do. . . 


23 


Aug. 


22, 1862 


3 yrs. 


Mustered as private; transferred to Co. G ; 

appointed Sergeant ; transferred from 

Co. G Jan. 17, 1865; mustered out with com- 
pany July 24, 1865. 


Joseph R. Shannon .... 


....do. . . 


26 


Aug. 


4. 1862 


3 yrs. 


Transferred from Co. B Jan. 17. 1865; mus- 
tered out with company July 24. 1865. 


John W. Burdsall 


do 


20 


Aug. 


11 1862 


3 yrs. 


Transferred from Co. B Jan. 17, 1865; mus- 
tered out with company July 24, 1865. 











Roster Eighty-Third Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 



221 



Names. 



Rank. 



\se. 



Date of 

Entering the 

Service. 



Per- 
iod of 
Ser- 
vice. 



Remarks. 



Jacob A. Inman. . . . 

James Sinkey 

Knos H. Scudder. . . 



Joshua A. Cox . . . , 
Charles L. Lamb . 



Dallas Wikoff 

Samuel F. Stewart. 
Oliver B. Conarroe. 
Thomas Corcoran . . 

John W. Fox 

Jacob Seifif ert 

Gustavua Seiflfer. . . 
Reuben Wesco. Jr . 
William A. Sorber . 



Isaac W. Boatman. 



Hilkiah G. Walker. 
Antrim, Martin L. 



Armstrong, Daniel P 
Avery, George W 



Avery, Daniel D . . 
Avery, Andrew J . . 

Baldwin, Samuel S. 

Barrett, Albert P 

Bisdorf, Henry.. 

Boake, John L . . 

Bone, Cyrus .... 
Bruner, John. . . 



Carle, Clark 

Chance, Riley. . . 

Chance, Lewis . . 

Chance, David . . 
Clark, James P. . 

Clark, Andrew J . . 



Clawson, Luther M 
Clawson, James F. 
Codling, William . . 
Collins, Daniel .... 

Connor, Taylor . . . 

Costello. Walter.... 
Cover, Samuel .... 



Sergeant 
Corporal 
...do. . . 



.do. . 
.do. . 



..do. . 
..do.. 
..do.. 
..do.. 
..do. . 
..do. . 
..do. . 
..do.. 
..do. . 



Musician 

Wagoner 
Private 

,...do. .. 

....do... 

..do. . . 
..do. . . 

..do. . . 

..do. . . 

..do. . . 

..do. . . 

..do. . . 
..do.. . 

..do... 
..do.. . 

..do. . . 

..do.. . 
..do.. . 

..do... 

..do. . . 
..do... 
..do. .. 
..do. . . 

..do... 

..do... 
..do. .. 



20 



IS 



2t 



Aug. 



Aug. 



Aug. 



1862 



1802 



1862 



3 yrs. 



3 yrs. 



3 yrs. 



r\Ug. 

Aug. 



Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 
July 
Aug. 
July 
Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 



1862 3 yrs. 
1862 3 yrs, 



1862 
1862 
1862 
1862 
1862 
1862 
1862 
1862 
1862 



Aug. 21, 1862 



Aug. 
Aug. 

Aug. 

Aug. 

Aug. 
Dec. 

Jan. 

Aug. 

Aug. 



1862 
1862 



1862 
1862 



1.862 
1863 



3 yrs. 
3 yrs. 
3 yrs. 
3 yrs. 
3 yrs, 
3 yrs, 
3 yrs. 
3 yrs, 
3 yrs, 

3 yrs, 

3 yrs, 
3 yrs, 

3 yrs, 

3 yrs. 



3 yrs, 
3 yrs, 



1864 3 yrs 
1862 3 yrs 
1862 3 yrs 



Aug. 22, 1862 3 yrs 



Aug. 
Oct. 



Aug, 
Aug, 



1862 
1864 



3 yrs 
1 yr. 



1862 3 yrs 
1862,3 yrs 



Aug. 12, 1862 3 yrs 



Aug. 
Aug. 



1862|3 yrs 
1862i3 yrs 



Aug. 13, 186213 yrs 



Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 

Aug. 

Aug. 
Aug. 



1802 3 yrs. 
1862 3 yrs. 
186213 yrs. 
1862 3 yrs. 

1862 3 yrs. 

1862 3 yrs. 
1862,3 yrs. 



Transferred from Co. G Jan. 17, ISO.'i; appointed 
from Corporal March 1, 1865; mustered out 
with company July 24, 1S05. 

Appointed Sergeant from CorporsJ Jan. 1. 1864; 
reduced to Corporal Oct. 30, 1864; transferred 
to Co. G Jan. 17, 1865. 

Appointed Corporal Sept. 11, 1862; died Jan. 
16, 1803. of wounds received Jan. 11, 1863. in 
battle of Arkansas Po.«t, Ark. 

Transferred to Co. G Jan. 17, 1865. 

Appointed Corporal Sept. 11, 1862; discharged 
Feb. 15, 1864, at Camp Dennison, O., on 
Surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Appointed Corporal ; transferred to Co. G 

Jan. 17, 1865. 

Appointed Corporal May 1, 1863; transferred 
to Co. G Jan. 17, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. G Jan. 17, 1865; mus- 
tered out with company July 24, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. B Jan. 17, 1865; mus- 
tered out with company July 24, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. G Jan. 17, 1865; mus- 
tered out with company July 24, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. B Jan. 17, 1865; mus- 
tered out with company July 24, 1S65. 

Transferred from Co. B Jan. 17, 1865; mus- 
tered out with company July 24, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. G Jan. 17, 1865; mus- 
tered out with company July 24, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. G Jan. 17, 1865; appointed 
Corporal March 1, 1865; mustered out with 
company July 24, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. G Jan. 17, 1865; mus- 
tered out with company July 24, 1865. 

Died Feb. 21, 1863, at Young's Point, La. 

Transferred from Co. G Jan. 17, 1805; mustered 
out with company July 24, 1865. 

Discharged Feb. 19, 1863, to enlist in Missis- 
sippi Marine Brigade. 

Appointed Corporal April 1, 1864; prisoner of 
war; confined at Mansfield, La.; reduced 
Oct. 30, 1864; transferred to Co. G Jan. 17, 
1865. 

Died Feb. 19. 1863, at Young's Point, La. 

Discharged Dec. 12, 1864, on Surgeon's certifi- 
cate of disability. 

Transferred from Co. B Jan. 17, 1865; to Co. A 
48th Battalion, July 24, 1865. 

Discharged Dec. 8, 1862, at Camp Dennison, 
O., on Surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Also borne on rolls as Henry BistofT; mustered 
out May 3, 1865, at Tripler U. S.' Hospital, 
Columbus, O., by order of War Department. 

Transferred from Co. B Jan. 17, 1865; mustered 
out with company July 24, 1805. 

Transferred to Co. G Jan. 17, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. G Jan. 17, 1865; mustered 
out May 23, 1865, at New Orleans, La., by 
order of War Department. 

Transferred to C:o. G Jan. 17. 1865. 

Discharged March 28, 1803, at Milliken's Bend. 
La., on Surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Discharged March 11, 1863, at Ix)uisville, Ky., 
on Surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Transferred to Co. G Jan. 17, I860. 

Died Feb. 5. 1863, in General Hospital at 
Memphis, Tenn. 

Transferred from Co. G Jan. 17, 1865; reduced 
to ranks from Sergeant Feb. 17, 1865; mus- 
tered out with company July 24, 1805. 

Appointed Corporal July 1, 1804; reduced Oct. 
30, 1S04; transferred to Co. G Jan. 17, 1865. 

Discharged Nov. 8, 1862, at Cincinnati, O., on 
Surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Transferred from Co. B Jan. 17, 1865; mustered 
out with company July 24, 1865. 

Discharged Nov. 20, 1804, at mouth of White 
river. Ark., on Surgeon's certificate of disa- 
bility. 

Transferred from Co. B Jan 17. 1865; mustered 
out with company July 24, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. H Oct. 31, 1862. 

Transferred from Co. B Jan. 17. 1865; mustered 
out with company July 24, 1865. 



222 



Roster Eighty-Third Regiment Ohio Volxtoteer Infantry. 



Names. 



Rank. 



Age 



Date of 

Entering the 

Service. 



Per 

iod of 
Ser- 
vice. 



Remarks. 



Cownover, Charles W 
Craig, Samuel. . . 
Curry, Adam . . . 
Davis, John C . . 



Davis, Richard ... 
Davison, James. . 
Dean, Charles W. . 



Deem, Thomas 

Deerwester, Joseph 
De Mar, Isaac F. . 

Denhardt, Henry. . 

Dickey, George S. . 

Dill, Clark 

Dillingham, Duain D 



Drake, Moses W . 



Dunn, Archibald T . 
Duvall, Lucellus S. . 



Ferenter, Anthony. 



Finiay, David 

Fisher, Isaac N . . . 
Flint, William H . . 

Foster, Charles 

Fries, Constantine. 

Fulkerson, John. . . 
Gaston, Joseph K . 

Glaze, Alexander T 

Grafft, Abraham G 

Green, William. . . . 
Grimes, Garrett. . . 
Haley, Patrick .... 

Hall, James D. . . . 

Hall, David 

Hamilton, James. . 

Hanna, Richard V . 

Hartley, Lewis C . . 
Hartley, George W 
Heddiiig, Wesley B 

Holdcn, George. . . 

Hughes, John 

Hunt, Henry D. . . 

Igleberger, Martin. 

Imes, Edwin M . . . 

Ivins, Samuel 

Jones, James M . . . 
Kauffman, Henry E 



Private 
...do. . 
...do. . 



.do. 



...do. . 
...do. . 
...do. . 

...do.. 



...do. . 
...do. . 

...do. . 

...do. . 
...do. . 
. ..do. . 



..do. 



.do. 
.do. 



...do. 



..do. 
..do. 
..do. 

..do. 

..do. 

..do. 
..do. 

..do. 

..do. 

..do. 
..do. 
..do. 

..do. 

..do. 

..do. 

..do. 

..do. 
..do. 
..do. 

..do. 



..do. 
..do. 

..do. 

..do. 

..do. 
..do. 
..do. 



, 1862 3 yrs. 
, 1862 3 yrs. 



Aug. 13 

Aug. 22 

Aug. 13, 1862 3 yrs. 

Aug. 19, 1SG2 3 yrs, 



Aug. 14 
Aug. 18 
July 21 



Aug. 22 
Aug. 8 



1862 
1862 



Aug. 16, 1862 

1862 

1862 - __. 
1862 3 yrs, 



Aug. 30 
Aug. 15 
Aug. 22 



Aug. 22, 1862 



Aug. 14, 
Sept. 1, 



1862 3 yrs, 
1862 3 yrs, 
1862 3 yrs. 

1862 3 yrs. 

3 yrs. 
3 yrs. 



3 yrs. 

1862 3 yrs. 
1862 3 yrs 



1862 



Aug. 6, 1862 



Aug. 18, 
Aug. 20, 
Feb. 16, 



1862 
1862 
1864 



3 yrs, 



3 yrs, 
3 yrs, 

3 yrs. 



3 yrs, 
3 yrs, 
3 yrs. 



Aug. 18, 1862 3 yrs 



Aug. 12, 1862'3 yrs 



Aug. 22 
Aug. 22 



1862 3 
1862 3 



Aug. 11, 1862 3 yrs 



Aug. 22, 1862 



1862 
1862 
1862 

1862 

1862 

1862 

1862 

1862 
1862 
1862 



Sept. 3 
Aug. 15, 
Aug. 22, 

Aug. 12, 

Aug. 13, 

Aug. 15, 

Aug. 15, 

Aug. 22, 
Aug. 14, 
Aug. 22, 



Aug. 12, 1862 3 yrs. 



Sept. 3 
.A.iig. 22 

Aug. 11 

r\ug. 22, 

Aug. 15, 
Aug. 14 
Aug. 22 



3 yrs, 

; yrs. 
; yrs. 
1 yrs. 

3 yrs. 

3 yrs. 

3 yrs. 

3 yrs. 

3 yrs. 
3 yrs. 
3 yrs. 



1863 3 yrs. 
1862 3 yrs. 

1862 3 yrs. 

1862 3 yrs. 



1862 
1862 
1862 



3 yrs. 
3 yrs. 
3 yrs. 



Transferred from Co. G Jan. 17, 1865; mustered 

out with company July 24, 1865. 
Transferred from Co. G Jan. 17. 1865. mustered 

out with company July 24, 1865. 
Died Oct. 21, 1862, in hospital at Cynthiana, 

Kentucky. 
Died July 22, 1864, in St. Louis Hospital, New 

Orleans, La. 

Transferred to Co. G Jan. 17, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. B Jan. 17, 1865; mustered 
out with company July 24, 1865. 

Died Feb. 2, 1863, in General Hospital, Mem- 
phis, Tenn. 

Killed April 9, 1865, in battle of Fort Blakeley, 

Alabama. 
Transferred from Co. G Jan. 17, 1865; mustered 

out with company July 24, 1S65. 
Transferred to Co. G Jan. 17, ISO.",. 
Transferred to Co. G Jan. 17, 1865. 
Transferred to Co. G, 21st Regiment Veteran 

Reserve Coips, ; died Feb. 8, 1865. at 

Indianapolis', Ind. 
Transferred from Co. G as Washington Drake 

Jan. 17, 1865; mustered out with company 

July 24, 1865. 
Transferred to Co. G Jan. 17, 1865. 
Discharged , at Cincinnati, O., by civil 

authority. 
Transferred from Co. B as Anton Ferenter 

Jan. 17, 1865; mustered out with company 

July 24, 1865. 
Transferred to 88th Co., 2d Battalion Veteran 

Reserve Corps, Oct. 31, 1863. 
Transferred from Co. G Jan. 17, 1865; mustered 

out with company July 24, 1865. 
Transferred from Co. B Jan. 17, 1865; to Co. A, 

48th Battalion, July 24, 1865; mustered outto 

date May 9, 1866, at Washington, D. C, by 

order of War Department, as of Co. A, 48th 

Battalion. 
Discharged May 25, 1864, at U. S. General Hos- 
pital, New Orleans, La., on Surgeon's certifi- 
cate of disability. 
Transferred from Co. G Jan. 17, 1865; mustered 

out with company July 24, 1865. 
Transferred to Co. G Jan. 17, 1865. 
Died April 6, 1863. on hospital boat City of 

Louisiana, near St. Louis, Mo. 
Transferred from Co. B Jan. 17, 1865; wounded 

April 9, 1865, in battle of Fort Blakeley, Ala.; 

mustered out with company July 24. 1865. 
Transferred from Co. G Jan. 17, 1865; mustered 

out with company July 24, 1865. 
See Co. K. 

Died March 17, 1863. near Vicksburg. Miss. 
Died June 10, 1863, in hospital at Milliken's 

Bend, La. 
Transferred from Co. B Jan. 17, 1865; mustered 

out with company July 24, 1865. 
Transferred from Co. B Jan. 17, 1865; mustered 

out with company July 24, 1865. 
Discharged May 22, 1865, at New Orleans, La., 

on Surgeon's certificate of disability. 
Died March 15, 1863, on hospital boat D. A. 

January. 

Transferred to Co. G Jan. 17, 1865. 

Reduced from 1st Sergeant ; transferred to 

Co. H . 

Transferred from Co. B Jan. 17, 1865; wounded 

April 9, 1865, in battle of Fort Blakeley. Ala.; 

mustered out with company July 24, 1865. 
Transferred to Co. G Jan. 17, 1865. 
Transferred from Co. G Jan. 17, 1865; mustered 

out with company July 24, 1865. 
Transferred from Co. G Jan. 17, 1865; mustered 

out with company July 24, 1865. 
Transferred from Co. G Jan. 17, 1865; mustered 

our with company July 24, 1865. 
Transferred to Co. G Jan, 17, 1865. 

Transferred to Co. K . 

Transferred from Co. F Jan. 17, 1865; mustered 

out with company July 24, 1865. 



Roster Eighty-Third Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 



223 



Names. 



Rank. 



Age. 



; Per- 

Date of iod of 

Entering the Ser- 

Service. vice. 



Remarks. 



Kemp, Femandis B . . 

Klein, George 

Klein, Francis 



Lanharr, Jacob 

Lanhart, Samuel . . . . 
Leake, Thomas W. . . 

Leidigh, Christian. . . 

Lewis, William 

Lindham, Charies. . . 
Long, Edmund 

McClintock, William. 
McKinney, Andrew J 

Macey, Oliver A . . . . 



Malott, Israel P 

Manix, John 

Martin, Garrett M. 

Miller, John , 

Monfort, James. . . 

Moore, Ralph D.. . 

Morford, Daniel B. 
Morford, Elisha W. 
Negus, John T. . . . 
Nice, Samuel 



Page, Michael 

Palmer, Alfred H . 
Parse, William W. 

Patton, Andrew J . 

Payne, John R. . . . 

Peel, Lawrence. . . , 



Pettit, Levi 

Phares, William D . . , 
Post, John 

Pottenger, Granville. 

Price, James 

Reece, Jeremiah 

Richter, William . . . . 

Rick, William 

Rogers, William 

Rooke, William M . . 

Rossman, William . . , 
Roy, Adolphus. . . . . , 

Salyards, David 

Schatzmann. Peter. . 

Schenck, Johnson. . . 

Schmidt, George 



Private 
...do.. . 
...do... 



.do. 

.do. 
.do. 

.do. 
.do. 
.do. 
.do. 

.do. 
.do. 

.do 



.do. 

.do. 
.do. 
.do. 
.do. 

.do. 

.do. 
.do. 
.do. 
.do. 



.do. 

do. 
.do. 

.do. 

do. 

.do. 



.do. 
.do. 
.do. 

.do. 

.do. 

.do. 
.do. 

.do. 
.do. 
.do. 

.do. 
.do. 

.do. 
.do. 

.do. 

.do. 



Aug. 22, 
Aug. 18, 
Aug. 16, 



1862:3 yrs. 
1862 3 yrs. 
1862 3 yrs. 



Aug. 12, 1862,3 yrs. 



Sept. 10, 
.\ug. 15, 

Sept. 6, 
Aug. 12, 
Aug. 22, 
Sept. 7. 

Aug. 22, 
Aug. 22, 



1862 3 yrs. 
1862 3 yrs. 

1862 1 3 yrs. 
1862 3 yrs. 
1862 3 yrs, 
1862 13 yrs. 

1862^3 yrs. 
1862,3 yrs. 



Aug. 15, 1862 3 yrs. 



Aug. 12, 1862 3 yrs, 



Aug. 18, 
Aug. 14, 
Aug. 14, 
Aug. 14, 



1862J3 yrs, 
1862 3 yrs, 
1862 3 yrs, 
1862 i 3 yrs 



Aug. 22, 1862 3 yrs 



, 1862 3 yrs 
, 1862 3 yrs 



Aug. 15 

Aug. 13, • j.„ 

Aug. 18, 1862 3 y-8 
Aug. 26 '"'■" " 



1862 
Feb. 16,1864 



Aug. 12 
.\ug. 22 



1862 
1862 



3 yrs 
3 yrs 



3 yrs 
3 yrs 



.\ug. 14, 1862 3 yrs 



Aug. 22, 
Aug. 17, 

Aug. 4, 
Aug. 21, 
•Aug. 15, 



22 lAug. 21, 

19 Uug. 16, 

32 Aug. 16, 
19 Aug. 13, 

18 Sept. 3, 
24 Aug. 18, 
22 Aug. 21, 

37 
20 



1862 
1862 



3 yrs 
3 yrs 



1862 3 yrs 
1862 3 yrs 



1862 



1862 
1862 



Aug. 14, 
Feb. 16, 

Oct. 14, 
July 28, 

Aug. 14, 

Aug. 22, 



3 yrs, 

3 yrs 
3 yrs 



1862 3 yrs 
1862 3 yrs 

1862 3 yrs 
1862 3 yrs 
1862 3 yrs 



1862 
1864 



1864 
1862 



1862 
1862 



3 yrs 
3 yrs 



1 yr. 
3 yrs 



3 yrs 
3 yrs 



Transferred from Co. G Jan. 17, 1865; mustered 
out with company July 24, 1865. 

Wounded May 22, 1863, in action near Vicks- 
burg, Miss., transferred to Co. G Jan. 17. 1865. 

Also borne on rolls as Franklin Cline; trans- 
ferred to 91st Co., 2d Battalion Veteran Re- 
serve Corps, Oct. 31, 1863; discharged Jan. 
28, 1865, on Surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Also borne on rolls as Jacob Lanhart; trans- 
ferred to Co. G Jan. 17, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. K Oct. 7, 1862; to Co. G 

Jan. 17. 1865. 
Transferred to Co. G Jan. 17, 1865. 
Died Sept. 10, 1864, at Amanda. O. 

Discharged Feb. 25. 1863, at Keokuk, la., on 
Surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Transferred from Co. G Jan. 17, 1865; mustered 

out with company July 24, 1865. 
Transferred to Co. I, 17th Regiment Veteran 

Reserve Corps, ; mustered out June 30, 

1865, at Indianapolis, Ind., by order of War 

Department. 
Transferred from Co. B Jan. 17, 1865; mustered 

out with company July 24, 1865. 
Transferred to Co. G Jan. 17, 1865. 



Died March 25, 1863, on board floating hospital 
Nashville. 

Reduced from Sergeant Oct. 30, 1864; trans- 
ferred to Co. G Jan. 17, 1865. 

Transferred to Co. G Jan. 17, 1865. 

Died Sept. 1, 1863, at CarroUton, La. 

Died March 11. 1863, at Lake Providence, La. 

Transferred to Co. K as Samuel Neas Oct. 31, 
1862. 

Transferred from Co. B Jan. 17, 1865; mus- 
tered out July 10, 1865, at Overton U. S. 
Hospital, Memphis, Tenn., by order of War 
Department; see Co. A, 48th Battalion. 

Transferred to Co. K . 

Transferred from Co. G J?n. 17, 1S65; mus- 
tered out with company July 24, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. G Jan. 17, 1865; mus- 
tered out with company July 24, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. B Jan. 17. 1865: mus- 
tered out with company July 24, 1865. 

Captured Nov. 3, 1863, at battle of Grand 
Coteau, La.; confined at Alexandria, La.; 
exchanged Dec. 25, 1863; transferred to Co. 
G Jan. 17, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. B Jan. 17, 1865; mus- 
tered out with company July 24, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. G Jan. 17. 1865; mus- 
tered out with company July 24, 1865. 

Reduced from Corporal ; captured Nov. 3, 

1863, at battle of Grand Coteau, La.; con- 
fined at Alexandria, La; exchanged Dec. 25. 
1863; transferred to Co. G Jan. 17. 1865. 

Transferred from Co. G Jan. 17, 1865; mus- 
tered out with company July 24, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. G Jan. 17, 1865; died 
Feb. 1, 1865 at Hamilton, Butler County, O. 

Died Feb. 27. 1863. at Young's Point. La. 

Transferred from Co. G Jan. 17, 1865; mus- 
tered out with company July 24. 1865. 

Mustered out with company July 24, 1865. 

Transferred to Co. G Jan. 17, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. G Jan. 17. 1865; mus- 
tered out with company July 24, 1865. 

Transferred to Co. G Jan. 17. 1865. 

Transferred from Co. B Jan. 17. 1865; to Co. A, 
48th Battalion, July 24. 1865. 

Transferred to Co. G Jan. 17. 1865. 

Transferred from Co. B Jan. 17, 1865; mus- 
tered out with company July 24, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. G Jan. 17. 1865; mus- 
tered out with company July 24, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. G Jan. 17. 1865; wounded 
April 9. 1865, in battle of Fort BlaUeley, Ala.; 
mustered out with company July 24, 1865. 



224 



Roster Eighty-Third Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 



Names 



Rank. 



.■\ge. 



Date of 

Entering the 

Sen'ice. 



Per- I 
iod of 
Ser- j 
vice, i 



Remarks. 



Simpson, William A 
Skillman, John M . . , 

Smith, Charles , 

Smith, Peter , 



Snyder, Charles H . . . . 

Snyder, Charles W. . . 
Snyder, Perry H 

Sorber, Milton A 

Squier, William 

Steel, Silas N 

Stickels, William H . . . 
Tattershall, John 

Thompson, William F . 



Tucker, Aaron 

Van Zandt, Lemuel. 

Voorhees. Piatt. . . . 
Voorhees, Isaac . . . . 

Voorhees, Ralph 

\'oorhees. John 

Washburn, John 



Weimer, Ernst . . 
Wesco, Jacob. . . 
Wetzel, Francis. 



WTiarton, Walter W. . . 

Wharton, John J 

White, George M 

White, Alonzo 

Whittlesey, Benjamin.. 
Whittlesey, William M . 

Williamson. WHUiam R. 



Willis, Peter J 

Wright, Benjamin M 
Wright, William H . . 



Private 
...do.. 
...do.. 
...do.. 



...do.. 

...do.. 
...do.. 

...do.. 

...do.. 

...do.. 
...do.. 
...do.. 

...do.. 



...do. . 
...do. . 

...do.. 
...do.. 
...do.. 
...do. . 
...do.. 



.do. 
.do. 
.do. 



.do. 
.do. 
.do. 
.do. 
.do. 
.do. 

.do. 



...do.. 
...do.. 
...do.. 



Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 
.A.ug. 



1S62 3 
1862 3 
18623 
18623 



Aug. 22, 1S62|3 jts. 



Aug. 
Aug. 



Aug. 
Aug. 



18623 
18623 



1862 
1S62 



27 Feb. 5, 



25 \a\i: 

22 Aug, 

23 Aug. 



3 

3 

1864 3 
186213 
1862 3 



1862 



Aug, 
Aug. 



Aug. 

.\ug. 



IS Aug. 
21 |Aug. 
41 ,Aug. 



Aug. 
.\ug. 



26, 



1862 
1862 



JTS. 

yrs. 

yrs. 

yrs, 

yrs, 
yrs. 
yrs, 

3 yrs. 



1862 
1862 
1862 
1862 3 
1862 3 



22 |.\ug. 19, 



1862 
1862 
1862 



28 lAug. 
31 Aug. 

17 'Aug. 

18 Oct. 
26 Aug. 



Aug. 13, 



1862[3 
1862 3 
1862 3 

1S64:1 

1S623 
1S62,3 



.\ug. 22, 1862 3 yrs 



Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 



1862 3 
1S62 3 

18623 



Transferred to Co. G Jan. 17, 1S65. 
Transferred to Co. G Jan. 17, 1865. 

Transferred to Mississippi Marine Brigade 

I March 30, 1863. 

Transferred from Co. G Jan. 17, 1865; mus- 
tered out with company July 24, 1865. 

Transferred to Co. G Jan. 17, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. G Jan. 17, 1865; mus- 
tered out with company July 24, 1865. 

Mustered out June 10, 1865, at New Orleans, 

i La., by order of War Department. 

Discharged Sept. 28, 1863, near CarroUton, La.. 

I on Surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Transferred from Co. B Jan. 17. 1865. 

Transferred to Co. G Jan. 17, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. G Jan. 17, 1865; mus- 

' tered out with company July 24, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. H Oct. 31, 1862; dis- 

I charged March 15, 1S63, at MilHken's Bend. 
La., on Surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Transferred to Co. G Jsn. 17, 1865. 

Transfer. ed from Co. B Jan. 17, 1865; to Co. B, 
4Sth Battalion, Julv 24, 1S65. 

Transferred to Co. G Jan. 17, 1865. 

Transferred to Co. G Jan. 17, 1865. 

Transeferrd to Co. G Jan. 17, 1865. 

Transferred to Co. G Jan. 17, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. B Jan. 17, 1865; mus- 
tered out Jan. 25. 1865. at Natchez, Miss., by 
order of War Department. 

Transferred to Co. K Oct. 31, 1862, as Ernst 
Wehmeyer. 

Transferred from Co. G Jan. 17, 1865; mus- 

1 tered out with company July 24, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. G Jan. 17, 1865; mus- 
tered outiMay 25, 1865, at New Orleans, La., 

' by order of War Department. 

Transferred to Co. G Jan. 17, 1865. 

Transferred to Co. G Jan. 17, 1865. 

Died Sept. 7, 1864, at Mason, O. 

Transferred to Co. G Jan. 17, 1865. 

Died May 3. 1S63. at Perkens' Plantation, La. 

Reduced from Corporal Oct. 30, 1864; trans- 
ferred to Co. G Jan. 17, 1S65. 

Transferred from Co. G Jan. 17, 1865; wounded 

I April 6, 1865, while on picket duty near Fort 
Blakeley, .AJa.; mustered out with company 

I July 24. 1865. 

Transferred from Co. G Jan. 17, 1865 mus- 

' tered out with company July 24, 1S65. 

Transferred from Co. B Jan. 17, 1865; mus- 

! tered out with company July 24. 1S65. 

Transferred from Co. G Jan. 17, 1865; mus- 
tered out with company July 24, 1865. 



COMPANY K 



Mustered in .\ug. 26, 1862, at Camp Dennison, O., by A. F. Bond, Captain 2d Infantr>'. U. S. A. 
out July 24, 1865, at Galveston, Tex. 



Mustered 



Names. 


Rank. 


Age. 


Date of 
Entering the 
Service. 


Per- 
iod of 
Ser- 
vice. 


Remarks. 


Albert M. Thornton. . . 
James H. Wilson 

William Phillips 

Edward N. Clopper 

John Snyder 


Captain 
....do.. . 

1st Lieut. 
....do... 

....do... 


30 

28 

39 
21 

31 


July 28. 1862 
.Aug. 21, 1862 

.A.ug. 12, 1862 
July 16, 1862 

Aug 12, 1862 


3 yrs. 
3 yrs. 

3 yrs. 
3 yrs. 

3 JTS. 


Appointed Aug. 22 1862; resigned Aug. 2, 1863. 

.Appointed 1st Sergeant from Sergeant Sept. 
13, 1862; promoted to 2d Lieutenant .April 13, 
1863; 1st Lieutenant Feb. 18, 1864; Captain 
July 11, 1864; mustered out with company 
July 24. 1865. 

Resigned Feb. 22, 1863. 

Promoted from 2d Lieutenant May 8, 1863; 
resigned Aug. 2, 1863. 

Promoted from Sergeant Co. C Jan. 19. 1865, 
to date July 11, 1864; died April 26, 1865, of 
wounds received .April 9, 1865, in battle of 
Fort Blakeley. .Ala. 



Roster Eighty-Third Rbgiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 



226 



Names. 



Rank. 



Age. 



Date of 

Entering the 

Service. 



Per- 
iod of 
Ser- 
vice. 



Remarks. 



George W. Carey. . . . 
Thomas B. Marshall. 



John B. Mitchel.. 
James B. Mitchel. 
David B. Snow. . . 
James Neas 



John H. Jackson. . 

William H. Davis. 

WilUam H. Gray.. 
John H. Beard 

Fayette M. Wood. 



WiUiam A. Clark... 
George C. Hildreth. 

Henry Griffith 



David J. Ireland . . . . 
Thomas F. Ireland . . 
Joseph L. Gribble . . . 
James J. Richardson. 
Charles Albes 



John Brady 

Charles W. Houselle . 

John W. Heam 

Silas F. Heam 

John Coleman 

Abbott, Gideon 

Albright, Joseph 

Anderson, George R. 

Bacon, Jacob S 

Benn, Loren 



Benn, Daniel. . 
Blair, James A. 
Blair, Charles. . 
Board, William. 



Brittigan, James. 



Burgdorf, Frederick. . 

Campbell, Robert. . . 
Chard, Thomas J . . . . 

Davenport, James L. 
Decker, Peter. 



Dumler, John. 



1st Lieut. 
1st Sergt. 



Sergeant 
...do. . . 

....do. . . 
...do.. . 



....do. . 

....do.. 

....do.. 
....do.. 

....do.. 



Corporal 
....do... 



.do. 



....do. 
. . .do. 
....do. 
....do. 
....do. 



....do. . . 
....do. . . 
Musician 
....do... 
Wagoner 
Private 
....do. .. 
....do... 
....do.. . 
....do... 



...do. 
...do. 
...do. 
...do. 



.do. . 



.do. 




Aug. 15, 
Aug. 14, 



Aug. 11 
Aug. 18 
.Aug. 6 
Aug. 12 



1862 3 
1862 3 



yrs. 
yrs, 



1862 3 
1S62 3 
1862 3 
1862 3 



yrs. 
yrs. 
yrs. 
yrs. 



.\ug. 22, 1S62 3 yrs 



.A.ug. 22, 1862 



Aug. 13, 
Aug. 8, 



1862 
1862 



Aug. 21, 1862 



Aug. 18, 
Aug. 22, 



1862 
1862 



Aug. 17, 1862 



Aug. 13, 
Aug. 15, 
July 20, 
Aug. 21, 
Aug. 13, 

Aug. 22, 

Aug. 22, 

Aug. 12. 

Aug. 12, 

Aug. 22. 

June 3, 

Aug. 6, 

.A.ug. 7. 

Aug. 12, 

Feb. 1, 

.A.ug. 18, 
Aug. 22, 
Sept. 3, 
Aug. 18, 

Feb. 5, 



1862 
1862 
1862 
1862 
1862 



3 yrs. 

3 yrs 
3 yrs. 

3 yrs. 



3 yrs 
3 yrs. 



3 yrs. 

3 yrs 
3 yrs. 
3 yrs. 
3 yrs. 
3 yrs. 



1862 3 yrs. 
1862 3 yrs. 
1862 3 yrs, 
1862 3 yrs, 

1862 3 yrs 

1863 3 yrs 
3 yrs 
3 yrs 



1862 
1862 
1862 
1864 
1862 



3 yrs 
3 yrs 
3 yrs 



1862 j 3 yrs 
1862 3 yrs 



1862 
1864 



Aug. 13, 1862 



July 29, 
.A.ug. 22, 

Aug. 21, 
July 24, 

.A.ug. 21, 



3 yrs 
3 yrs 

3 yrs 

3 yrs 



1862 
1862j3 yrs 

186213 yrs 
1862 3 yrs 

1862 3 yrs 



Transferred from Co. F May 24, 1865; mus- 
tered out with company July 24, 186.5. 

Mustered as Corporal; appointed 1st Sergeant 
May 1, 1863; mustered out with company 
July 24, 1865. 

Promoted to Sergt. Major May 1, 1863. 

Died May 20, 1863, at Milliken's Bend, La. 

Mustered out with company July 24. 1865. 

Reduced from 1st Sergeant Sept. 13, 1862; dis- 
charged March 6, 1863, at Cincinnati, O., on 
Surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Appointed Corporal ; Sergeant May 20, 

1863; died July 1, 1863, at Cincinnati. O., of 
wounds received May 22, 1863, at siege of 
Vicksburg, Miss. 

Appointed from Corporal July 1 1863; dis- 
charged Dec. 12, 1863, at Cincinnati, O., on 
Surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Mustered as private; appointed Sergeant 

drowned May 28, 1864. at Morganza, La. 

Appointed from Corporal ; died Oct. 5 

1861, in Regimental Hospital at Morganza 
Louisiana. 

.Appointed Corporal ; Sergeant Oct. 10 

1864; mustered out with company July 24 
1865. 

Promoted to Com. Sergeant April 14, 1865. 

Appointed Corporal ; died March 20, 1863 

on board hospital steamer near St. Louis 
Missouri. 

Appointed Corporal ; discharged Aug. 12, 

1863, at Vicksburg, Miss., on Surgeon's cer- 
tificate of disability. 

.Appointed Corporal ; mustered out with 

company July 24, 1865. 

Appointed Corporal ; mustered out with 

company July 24, 1865. 

.Appointed Corporal ; mustered out with 

company July 24, 1865. 

.Appointed Corporal ; mustered out with 

company July 24, 1865. 

.Also borne on rolls as Charles .Albers; trans- 
ferred from Co. F Jan. 17, 1865; mustered 
out with company July 24, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. F Jan. 17, 1865; mustered 
out with company July 24. 1865. 

Transferred from Co. F Jan. 17, 1865; mustered 
out with company July 24, 1865. 

Discharged Sept. 16, 1863. at Carrollton, La., 
on Surgeon's certificate of disability. 

-Appointed Musician ; mustered out with 

company July 24, 1865. 

Appointed Wagoner ; died April 19, 1863, 

at St. Louis, Mo. 

Discharged to date June 13, 1865; see Co. A, 
48th Battalion. 

Transferred from Co. F Jan. 17, 1865; mustered 
out with company July 24. 1865. 

Discharged -April 27, 1863. at St. Louis, Mo., on 
Surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Discharged Nov. 27, 1863, at Camp Dennison, 
O., on Surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Transferred to Co. A; 48th Battalion, July 24, 
1865. 

Mustered out with company July 24, lS6o. 

Mustered out with company July 24, 1865. 

Mustered out with company July 24, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. F Jan. 17, 1865; mustered 
out with company July 24, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. F Jan. 17, 1865; to Co. A. 
48th Battalion, July 24, 1865; no further 
record found. . ^, , 

Died March 12. 1863, at St. Louis, Mo., of 
wounds received in action. 

Died May 24. 1863. at Milliken's Bend, La. 

Transferred from Co. F Jan. 17, 1865; mustered 
out with compEiny July 24, 1865. 

Mustered as Corporal; reduced . 

Discharged April 13. 1863, at St. Louis, Mo., 
on Surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Captured Nov. 3, 1863, at battle of Grand 
Coteau. La.; confined at Alexandria, La.; 
exchanged Dec. 25, 1863; mustered out with 
company July 24, 1865. 



226 



Roster Eighty-Third Regiment Ohio Voi^unteer Infantry. 



Names. 



Rank. 



Age. 



Date of 

Entering the 

Service. 



Per- 
iod of 
Ser- 



Remarks. 



Ehler, Thomas 

Ellis, Charles 

EUston, William H . 
Fagaly, Francis M. 



Francis, Henry . . . . 
Freeman, Daniel H , 



Garbutt, James . 



Gerhardt, Frank . . . 

Griffith, Ephraim. . , 
Hauer, John B 



Harmon, William A. 
Harwood, George C. 



Hearn, John P . . 



Hearn, Andrew J. . 
Hoff, Benedict. . . . 
Holford, George T. 

Holland, Peter 

Hudson, William. . 

Hutchins, Douglas. 

John. Robert N. .. 



Corporal 
....do. 



Jones, James M 

Jones, David W 

Jordan, Edward 

Kenney, Michael. . . . 

Ketchum, Beniamin. 

Ketchum, Frederick. , 
Ketchum, James. . . . 
Klinger, William .... 

Latoszynski, Simon. . 

Latta, Leonidas 



Leake.Thomas W. . . . 
Leinweber, Harry H . 



Long, Peter 

Long, James 

Long, Adam 

LuUman, John 

McDermot, Patrick. . . 
McHugh, Michael. . . . 
McLaughlin, William . 



McMahan, Ross. 
Mann, Jacob 



Maritius, Henry. 

May turn, James. 
Miller, Charles.. 



...do.. 
...do. . 



..do. 
.do. 



.do. 



.do. 



...do.. 
...do.. 



...do.. . 
...do. . . 



...do. 



...do. . 
...do. . 
...do. . 
Private 
...do.. 



.do. . 
.do. . 



...do. . 
...do. . 
...do. . 
...do. . 

...do. . 

...do. . 
...do. . 
...do. . 



.do. 
.do. 



..do. 

..do. . 



...do. 
...do. 
...do. 
...do. 
...do. 
...do. 
...do. 



.do. 
.do. 



...do. 



...do. 
...do. 



19 



23 
43 
18 
45 
19 

22 

27 

23 
44 
25 
30 

18 

22 
44 
21 

25 

19 

42 
18 

18 
19 
22 
18 
18 
18 
27 



29 



28 



Dec. 23, 

Jan. 21, 

Aug. 11 

Aug. 17 

Aug. 21 
Aug. 22 



1863 3 

1864 3 

1862 3 

1862 

1862 
1862 



yrs, 
yrs 

yrs, 

yrs 

yrs 
yrs. 



July 24, 1862 



Feb. 6, 1864 



Aug. 17, 
.\ug. 12, 



Aug. 22, 
Aug. 21, 



1862 
1862 



1862 
1862 



Aug. 17, 1862 



3 yrs 



3 yrs 

3 yrs 
3 yrs. 



3 yrs, 
3 yrs. 



3 yrs. 



Aug. 15, 
Aug. 10, 
Aug. 22, 
Aug. 18, 
Aug. 7, 



1862 3 vrs, 
1862 3 yrs, 
1862 3 yrs, 
1862 3 yrs, 
1862 3 yrs. 



Aug. 9, 1862 3 yrs, 
Aug. 13, 1862 3 yrs. 



Aug. 14, 
Aug. 7, 
Aug. 7, 
Aug. 18, 



1862 
1862 
1862 
1862 



Aug. 18, 1862 



Aug. 16, 
Aug. 22, 
Aug. 11, 



1862 
1862 
1862 



Aug. 18, 1862 
Aug. 14, 1862 



Aug. 15, 
Aug. 30, 

Aug. 12, 
Aug. 12, 
Aug. 12, 
July 31, 
Aug. 16, 
Aug. 21, 
Nov. 13, 



Nov. 6, 
Aug. 13. 



1862 
1864 



1863 
1862 



Aug. 8. 1862 



Aug. 11, 
.-^ug. 19, 



1862 
1862 



3 yrs, 
3 yrs, 
3 yrs, 
3 yrs, 

3 yrs, 

3 yrs, 
3 yrs, 
3 yrs. 

3 yrs. 

3 yrs. 

3 yrs, 
1 yr. 

1862 3 yrs. 
1862 3 yrs, 
1862 3 yrs, 
1862 3 yrs, 
1862 3 yrs, 

1862 3 yrs. 

1863 3 yrs, 



3 yrs. 
3 yrs. 

3 yrs. 

3 yrs. 
3 yrs. 



Transferred to Co. A, 48th Battalion, July 24, 
1865. 

Transferred from Co. F Jan. 17, 1865; to Co. 
A, 4Sth Battalion, July 24, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. F Jan. 17, 1865; mus- 
tered out with company July 24, 1865. 

Reduced from Corporal ; mustered out 

with company July 24, 1865. 

Died June 15, 1865, at Mobile, Ala. 

Transferred from Co. F Jan. 17, 1865; mus- 
tered out with company July 24, 1865. 

Discharged June 10, 1863, at camp near Vicks- 
burg, Miss., on Surgeon's certificate of disa- 
bility. 

Transferred from Co. F Jan. 17. 1865; to Co. A, 
48th Battalion, July 24, 1865. 

Died Aug. 5, 1863, at Milliken's Bend, La. 

Reduced from Corporal ; captured Nov. 3, 

1863, at battle of Grand Coteau, La.; con- 
fined at Alexandria, La.; exchanged Dec. 25, 
1863; mustered out with company July 24. 
1865. 

Mustered out with company July 24, 1865. 

Reduced from Corporal Oct. 31, 1864; trans- 
ferred to 163d Co., 2d Battalion Veteran 
Reserve Corps, Jan. 19, 1865; discharged 
April 1, 1865, at New Orleans, La., by order 
of War Department. 

Transferred to 145th Co., 2d Battalion Veteran 
Reserve Corps, Feb. 11, 1864; discharged 
Aug. 26, 1865, at McClellan U.' S. Army 
Hospital, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Mustered out with company July 24, 1865. 

Mustered out with company July 24, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. F Jan. 17, 1865; see Co. H. 

Mustered out with company July 24, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. F Jan. 17, 1805; mus- 
tered out with company July 24, 1865. 

Killed May 22, 1863, at siege of Vicksburg. 
Mississippi. 

Also borne on rolls as Newman R. John; dis- 
charged March 3, 1863, at Memphis, Tenn., 
on Surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Transferred from Co. I ; killed May 22, 

1863, at siege of Vicksburg, Miss. 

Transferred from Co. F Jan. 17, 1865; mus- 
tered out with company July 24, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. F Jan. 17, 1S65; mus- 
tered out with company July 24, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. F Jan. 17, 1865; dis- 
charged Jan. 21, 1865, on Surgeon's certificate 
of disability. 

Discharged Jan. 28, 1864, at Cincinnati, C, on 
Surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Died June 2, 1863, at Milliken's Bend, La. 

Mustered out with company July 24, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. F Jan. 17, 1865; mustered 
out with company July 24, 1865. 

Killed Jan. 11, 1863, in battle of Arkansas Post, 
Arkansas. 

Transferred from Co. F Jan. 17, 1865; mustered 
out with company July 24, 1865. 

Transferred to Co. I Oct. 7, 1862. 

Transferred from Co. F Jan. 17, 1865; mustered 
out with company July 24, 1865. 

Absent April 1, 1865; no further record found. 

Drowned July 28, 1864, at Morganza, La. 

Died Dec. 16, 1862, at Memphis, Tenn. 

Mustered out with company July 24, 1865. 

Mustered out with company July 24, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. F Jan. 17, 1865; dis- 
charged June 10, 1865, on Surgeon's certifi- 
cate of disabilitv. 

Transferred from Co. F Jan. 17, 1865; to Co. 
A, 4Sth Battalion, July 24, 1865. 

Discharged April 7, 1864, at U. S. General 
Hospital, Cleveland, O., on Surgeon's cer- 
tificate of disability. 

Transferred from Co. F Jan. 17, 1865; mustered 
out with company July 24, 1865. 

Mustered out with company July 24, 1865. 

Discharged March 28, 1863, at Covington, Ky.. 
on Surgeon's certificate of disability. 



Roster Eighty-Third Regiment Ohio Voi.xjnteer Infantry. 



227 



Names. 



Rank. 



Age. 



Date of 

Entering the 

Service. 



Per- 
iod of 
Ser- 



Remarks. 



Millering. George. 
Monroe, William . 
Moore, Samuel. . . 



Murray, Alexander . 
Nesis, Samuel 



Noll, Adam. 



Palmer, Alfred H . 
Parshall, David . . 
Phillips, OUverH. 

Poth, Andrew. . . . 
Rhyner, James S. 



Ringgold, Perry. . . . , 
Schmucker, Martin. , 

Siewers, Charles L . . 

Simpson, George. . . 

Smith, Frederick W. 

Snyder, Daniel , 

Snyder, William , 

Stathem, Jacob H . . , 



Stevens, Isaac L... 



Stroup, Elliott 

Sutton, William A. 
Thomell, Louis 



Trader, Moses W. . 

Tyrell, John 

Webber, Charles. . 
Webber, William . . 

Wehmeyer, Ernst . . 

Weiler, John 



Wermel, Martin 

White, Griffith 

Wilson, David 

Wozencraft, Edwin . . 

Yamell, David H . . . , 



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...do.. 



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21 



Aug. 12, 
July 26, 
Aug. IG, 

Aug. 11, 
Aug. 26, 



1S62 3 yrs. 
1862 3 yrs. 
1862 3 yrs, 

1862 3 yrs, 
1862 3 yrs. 



Aug. 18, 1862 3 yrs 



Aug. 12 
Aug. 4 
Aug. 14 

Aug. 19 
Aug. 22 

Aug. 11 
Aug. 18 

Aug. 9, 

Jan. 8, 

Aug. 18, 
Aug. 12 
Aug. 12 
Aug. 21 



1862 3 yrs, 
1862 3 yrs. 
1862 3 yrs. 

1862 3 
1862 3 



1862 
186i 

1862 

1863 

1862 
1862 
1862 
1862 



yrs. 
yrs. 

i yrs. 
1 yrs. 

3 yrs. 

3 yrs. 

3 yrs. 
3 yrs. 
3 yrs. 
3 yrs. 



Aug. 8, 1862 



Aug. 8, 1862 

Aug. 21 

Aug. 18 

Aug. 22 
.A.ug. 15 
Aug. 16 
Aug. 16 

Aug. 26 

Sept. 1 

Aug. 18 
Aug. 20 
Aug. 22 
Aug. 10 



3 yrs. 

3 yrs. 

3 yrs. 

3 yrs. 

3 yrs. 
3 yrs. 
3 yrs. 
3 yrs. 

3 yrs. 

lyr. 

1862 3 yrs. 
1862 3 yrs. 
1862 3 yrs. 
1862 3 yrs. 



, 1862 

,1862 

,1862 
, 1862 
, 1862 
,1862 

,1862 

,1864 



Aug. 21, 1862 3 yrs, 



Discharged Feb. 15, 1863, at Young's Point, 
La., on Surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Mustered out with company July 24, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. I Oct. 31, 1862; dis- 
charged Jan. 19, 1863, at Memphis, Tenn., on 
Surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Captured April 8, 1864, at battle of Sabine 
Cross Roads, La.; returned to company June 
27, 1864; mustered out with company July 
24, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. I . 

Mustered out with company July 24, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. F Jan. 17, 1865; mustered 
out with company July 24, 1865. 

Mustered out with company July 24, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. F Jan. 17, 1865; mustered 
out with company July 24, 1865. 

Mustered out with company July 24, 1865. 

Discharged Feb. 19, 1863, at Memphis, Tenn.. 
on Surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Transferred from Co. F Jan. 17, 1865; mustered 
out with company July 24, 1865. 

Transferred to Co. A, 48th Battahon, July 24, 
1865. 

Mustered out with company July 24, 1865. 
Mustered out with company July 24, 1865. 
Appointed Sergeant ; reduced June 1, 

1864; mustered out with company July 24, 

1865. 
Captured April 8, 1864, at battle of Sabine 

Cross Roads, La.; died Nov. 11, 1864, in 

Rebel Prison at Camp Gross, Tex. 
Mustered as Musician; mustered out with 

company July 24, 1865. 
Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps March 

13. 1865. 
Discharged April 1, 1863, at St. Louis, Mo., on 

Surgeon's certificate of disability. 
Died March 24, 1863, at Memphis, Tenn. 
Mustered out with company July 24, 1865. 
Mustered out with company July 24, 1865. 
Died May 24, 1863, of wounds received May 

22, 1863, at siege of Vicksburg, Miss. 
Transferred from Co. I Oct. 31, 1862; mustered 

out with company July 24, 1865. 
Transferred from Co. F Jan. 17, 1865; mustered 

out with company July 24, 1865. 
Died July 27, 1863, at Messenger's Ford, Miss. 
Mustered out with company July 24, 1865. 

Transferred from Co. F Jan. 17, 1865; mustered 

out with company July 24, 1865. 
Mustered out with company July 24, 1865. 



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